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PA Considers Transfers To Michigan

August 12th, 2009
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Pennsylvania DOC has expressed interest in exporting prisoners to Michigan — but they’ll have to stand in line behind California and the federal government, which is thinking about shipping in terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to the Detroit News.

State Department of Corrections officials confirmed Tuesday that Pennsylvania has approached Michigan about off-loading some of its prison population, which has grown from 48,000 to 51,000 since December.  The Michigan House Judiciary subcommittee on corrections reform will hear testimony today about the impact of shipping in prisoners at a hearing in Lansing.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton confirmed sending prisoners to Michigan “is something we are considering.” She added that Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections Jeffrey Beard has spoken with Michigan Corrections Director Patricia Caruso on three occasions.

Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said Michigan e-mailed queries to each of the 50 states in March asking if they would be interested in housing prisoners here. Florida and Wisconsin expressed minimal interest, Marlan said. Michigan submitted a request for proposals from Alaska and learned last week Michigan lost the bid, Marlan said.

Vermont offered to send Michigan some prisoners but not enough to significantly increase revenue for Michigan, Marlan said.  “They were looking for 100 beds, so it’s nothing that would benefit us,” Marlan said.

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Jail and Breakfast Fundraising

July 16th, 2009
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A new  “Bed and Breakfast” in Missouri is becoming the talk of the town.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office B and B

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Bed and Breakfast

The jail-turned-hotel has people from around the country heading for the St. Louis area for what one sheriff is calling a “Jail and Breakfast”. Story (with video) courtesy of CBS News on OzarksFirst.com.

“Show up and be prepared to be booked into the facility just like any inmate,” invites Glenn Boyer, Jefferson County Sheriff. “You’ll be issued a jail uniform when you come in.”

You’ll sleep in jail beds and eat jail food.

“We’re going to feed them an evening meal, which will be the same meal we feed our inmates. They’ll feed a breakfast meal which will be the same meal we feed our inmates,” Boyer says.

It’s Jefferson County’s “Jail and Breakfast”, Friday July 31st; for $50 you can spend the night in the new 156 bed minimum security jail; an “open bay” type jail, as opposed individual cells. You’ll be bunking where the sheriff’s desk used to be.
“Used to be right over there in that corner. It really looks different. You’ve interviewed me in that office before,” Boyer says.

He says with about 200 inmates and only 120 beds right now, it’ll cost Jefferson County about $50,000 to put its prisoners in other jails.

The sheriff says travelers from New Jersey and Florida have already made reservations; be warned, this is no 5 star resort.
Melinda Bowen is paying hundreds of dollars to bail out for failure to appear in court. She knows staying here can leave one with a “caged-in” feeling.  “It’s jail. I would never pay to stay here, you know.”

“If you want to come in and you decide, hey this is not for me, for an additional $10 we’ll allow you to bail out early,” Boyer says. “When the door closes in a jail it always closes for good. And, Andy we always keep a light on for you, buddy.”

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