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Eight More Prison Closures in Michigan
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2009, page 46
Since taking office in 2003, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has closed six prisons. To pare $120 million from the state’s budget, she recently decided to close eight more, including five minimum-security prison camps. The announcement of the closures on June 5, 2009 created an uproar in communities that have embraced …
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