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Pennsylvania contract expiration could threaten Muskegon prison's future

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Pennsylvania contract expiration could threaten Muskegon prison's future Published: Friday, February 18, 2011 The Muskegon Chronicle By Erica Smith MUSKEGON ? A contract under which Pennsylvania prisoners are housed in the Muskegon Correctional Facility appears to be ending in six months, a move that could force the state prison to close. Pennsylvania has notified Michigan Department of Corrections officials that it plans to terminate its contract to house prisoners at the facility in Muskegon, according to a Michigan corrections department newsletter. The internal department newsletter, called FYI, said that Pennsylvania notified Michigan officials Wednesday that it will no longer need to house its prisoners at the Muskegon prison, under a contract that kept the local facility from closing...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 19, 2011 (boomark / email).