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MT: Empty Hardin Prison Pins Its Hopes on Mystery Security Company-American Private Police Force Organization

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Hardin still pins hopes on private jail, mystery security company By BECKY SHAY of the Billings Gazette | September 20, 2009 HARDIN - Al Peterson won't say the name of the company that wants to fill the empty jail in Hardin. He says he's seen documents that prove the company is legitimate, but he won't discuss the contents or nature of those documents either. And, he's been to California to meet personally with company officials and to haggle over a 10-year contract he says will bring in hundreds of prisoners, scores of jobs and thousands of dollars to his beleaguered community. Peterson is vice president of the Two Rivers Authority, Hardin's economic development agency and owner of the 464-bed jail that has been empty since it was finished in 2007...continue to full post

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