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Muskegon Correctional Facility ready to begin accepting Pennsylvania prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"The deal is expected to net Michigan an average daily ?profit? of $2.15 for each inmate...." Muskegon Correctional Facility ready to begin accepting Pennsylvania inmates By John S. Hausman | Muskegon Chronicle February 06, 2010 MUSKEGON ? As recently as eight months ago, Muskegon Correctional Facility held more than 1,300 inmates. Today, the count is zero. The last Michigan inmates were bused out last week to other prisons in the state, making room for the arrival of 1,000 inmates from Pennsylvania. Without the Pennsylvania deal, the 36-year-old facility would have closed in January, with the loss of up to 175 jobs. As it is, all employees remain at work ? even during the vacant interim, according to state Corrections Department spokesman John Cordell...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).