(image courtesy Michigan Radio)
Attentive followers of the overcrowding crisis may recall the failure of the deal to house California prisoners in Michigan institutions back in August. Since then, the correctional institutions in question – the maximum security Standish facility and the minimum security Hiwatha facility – have been standing empty, even after Michigan reached a deal to house Pennsylvania prisoners.
The Chron reported yesterday that Michigan is looking at several possibilities, among them a new proposal for CA. Another possibility is housing Guantanamo prisoners, and as Michigan Public Radio reports, Obama administration officials have toured the facility in order to determine whether it would be suitable for the job.
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