Opened in 1990, the Standish Maximum Security Facility in Standish, Michigan faces closure in October, 2009. In an effort to save the prison and the hundreds of corrections jobs that would be lost in the event of a closure, Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm offered to house some of California's excess prison population. California prison officials responded saying it was to expensive and didn't have the medical facilities required.The other option to save the prison is to house Guantanamo prisoners there, which would still result in a loss of corrections jobs as the military would be running the prison. Many people in Standish have voiced their opposition to the idea, expressing a fear that their town would suddenly become a target for terrorist attacks.
Gov. Granholm is petitioning other states to send their excess prisoners in the meantime.
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