Legal Commentary

Feds Tour MI Standish Prison as Possible Sub For Gitmo

By Jeralyn

Federal officials are in Michigan today touring the Standish maximum security prison scheduled to close in October:

The officials are from the departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security. The prison is the only employer in the town. But the prison guards think their jobs would still be toast because the feds would bring in their own guards. There's also fear that the feds would seize some homes near the prison to expand the prison's perimeter.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).