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AZ: Opponents Stop Federal Detention Center

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

SAN XAVIER DISTRICT NO LONGER CONSIDERING NOGALES HWY SITE FOR FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER May 21, 2009 Tohono O?odham Nation and District Leaders Working Together to Identify Alternative Location SELLS, AZ --- The San Xavier District of the Tohono O?odham Nation announced today that it is no longer seeking to construct a federal detention center on Nogales Highway, north of Pima Mine Road. The decision comes after an extensive public review process with both the Tohono O?odham Nation and surrounding communities. The decision was finalized at a meeting that included San Xavier District representatives, the Tohono O?odham Legislative Council and Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. At the meeting, leaders voiced their support for identifying positive economic development opportunities in cooperation with regional planning efforts...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).