Posted on 08/13/2009 9:32:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
AUGUST 13, 2009
Michigan Prison Assessed for Possible Gitmo Transfers
STANDISH, Mich. -- Federal officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to assess its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay inmates.
Representatives of the Defense, Justice and Homeland Security departments toured the prison in Standish, 145 miles north of Detroit.
The Standish prison and a military penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., are being considered to house the detainees if the prison in Cuba is closed by 2010, as ordered by President Barack Obama.
The Guantanamo Bay facility houses 229 suspected al Qaeda, Taliban and foreign fighters.
Some locals favor bringing the detainees to Standish if necessary to keep the prison from closing.
The prison is the region's largest employer, with about 340 workers, and its closing would really harm the local economy, Republican state Rep. Tim Moore said.
The region's unemployment rate is more than 17%.
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Obama won't deliver on ANY of his BS socialist flowerpower findings, and rightfully so. Ain't meant to happen. Bummer for him. Start the IMPEACHMENT.
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