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Michigan Prison Assessed for Possible Gitmo Transfers [Unemployment Rate 17%!]
Wall St. Journal ^ | August 13, 2009

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: detainees; gitmo

1 posted on 08/13/2009 9:32:43 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
Stupid is as stupid does.


2 posted on 08/13/2009 9:54:35 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Fill your hands you sons of bitches!)
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The new Commander in Clown will never be able to close Gitmo; no should he. We need Gitmo open. Case closed.

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.

3 posted on 08/13/2009 10:00:52 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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The region's unemployment rate is more than 17%.
They should offer to take on some of California's prisoners a mutually beneficial arrangement.
4 posted on 08/14/2009 1:47:04 AM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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