LANSING -
The Muskegon Correctional Facility will be among state prisons that will be closed, the governor's office announced today.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration will close three state prisons and all five of Michigan's minimum-security prison camps this year to save money.
Friday's announcement affects facilities across the state.
Prisons in Muskegon, Standish north of Bay City and Kincheloe in the eastern Upper Peninsula will close between August and November.
Prison camps to be closed are located in Shingleton, Painesdale and Iron River in the U.P.; Grayling in the northern Lower Peninsula; and White Lake in Oakland County.
More than 1,000 corrections employees will be affected. The eight facilities cost $118 million to run and house about 4,600 inmates who will be moved to other facilities if they are still incarcerated at the time of the closures.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration will close three state prisons and all five of Michigan's minimum-security prison camps this year to save money.
Friday's announcement affects facilities across the state.
Prisons in Muskegon, Standish north of Bay City and Kincheloe in the eastern Upper Peninsula will close between August and November.
Prison camps to be closed are located in Shingleton, Painesdale and Iron River in the U.P.; Grayling in the northern Lower Peninsula; and White Lake in Oakland County.
More than 1,000 corrections employees will be affected. The eight facilities cost $118 million to run and house about 4,600 inmates who will be moved to other facilities if they are still incarcerated at the time of the closures.
