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MI: Robert Scott Women's Prison to Close

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Women's prison to close Sunday to save state money BY CECIL ANGEL ? FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER ? May 10, 2009 The Robert Scott Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Northville Township, is to close May 17 as part of the state's cost-savings measures, meaning dozens of jobs will leave the township. But the closure also could mean a boost in property taxes for the township after the land is sold and owned privately. Township officials say they would like to be included in meetings about the future of the prison, which will be turned over to the real estate division of the state Office of Management and Budget. For now, the township collects only $10,000 annually from the state in lieu of taxes to provide fire protection for the prison and the 1-square-mile Maybury Park, the other state-owned property in the township, Northville Township Manager Chip Snider said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).