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MO: Prison Finished Ahead of Schedule

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Hold on if you read this..... ?What a wonderful day in the city of Chillicothe,? said Chillicothe Mayor Chuck Haney. ?We will cherish this moment for a long, long time.? Constitution-Tribune Thu Aug 07, 2008 Chillicothe, Mo. - In January 2004, Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced plans to close Chillicothe Correctional Center, an institution dating back to the 1800s and employing more than 200 people. Just yesterday (Wednesday), less than five years after that announcement, Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt was in Chillicothe to cut the ceremonial ribbon signifying completion of a $120 million brand new state-of-the-art Chillicothe Correctional Center. 'This facility will not only retain those 200-plus once-threatened jobs, but will bring an additional 300 new jobs to the community...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 08, 2008 (boomark / email).