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PA considers sending prisoners to MI

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State Department of Corrections officials confirmed Tuesday that Pennsylvania has approached Michigan about off-loading(!!!!) some of its prison population, which has grown from 48,000 to 51,000 since December. Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Pa. considers sending inmates to Mich. Karen Bouffard / Detroit News Lansing Bureau Lansing -- A third party has expressed interest in exporting prisoners to Michigan -- but they'll have to stand in line behind California and the federal government, which is thinking about shipping in terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. State Department of Corrections officials confirmed Tuesday that Pennsylvania has approached Michigan about off-loading some of its prison population, which has grown from 48,000 to 51,000 since December...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).