MUSKEGON, Mich. (Detroit Free Press)--Top prison officials from Pennsylvania's corrections department have scheduled a two-day visit to Michigan next week to review the suitability of a pair of closed state prisons for housing of the Keystone State's excess population.
Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said today that Pennsylvania's prison director and his top deputies will tour the Muskegon Correctional Facility Nov. 19 and the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility the following day.
Both facilities closed in recent months as Michigan downsized its prison system. Pennsylvania is seeking temporary housing for up to 1,500 prisoners for four years while it constructs new prisons.
Michigan is one of at least six states bidding to lease space to Pennsylvania. The Standish prison has also been considered as a potential new home for terrorist detainees that have been held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But local officials and residents have said they would prefer housing prisoners from another state.
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