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Feds Tour MI Standish Prison as Possible Sub For Gitmo

By Jeralyn, Section Terror Detainees
Posted on Thu Aug 13, 2009 at 10:19:09 AM EST
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Federal officials are in Michigan today touring the Standish maximum security prison scheduled to close in October:

The officials are from the departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security. The prison is the only employer in the town. But the prison guards think their jobs would still be toast because the feds would bring in their own guards. There's also fear that the feds would seize some homes near the prison to expand the prison's perimeter.

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    It's a nice part of the state (none / 0) (#1)
    by Steve M on Thu Aug 13, 2009 at 10:34:17 AM EST
    They definitely need all the jobs they can get.

    Even if the prison guards don't get to keep their jobs, which I hope won't be the case, the town is going to be in much better shape with an operating prison than without one.  The local cafe won't do very well with nothing but unemployed customers, etc.

    It just breaks my heart to think... (none / 0) (#3)%%norm