A Detroit lawmaker is angry over what he calls a unilateral decision to close the Mound Road Correctional Facility in the city.
Representative Fred Durhal is a member of the House Appropriations Corrections Subcommittee, but he says he was not consulted about closing the Mound prison.
Durhal says Rep. Joe Haveman told the committee only they would close a prison in the north, south, east and west parts of the state in a budget-cutting move.
"It caught me by total surprise," Durhal says. "I have not had an opportunity to look into just where those prisons would be, if those are the criteria that he is using. I think they should have had some discussion inside of the entire committee."
The Mound Road prison is one of the state's newer facilities. It houses about 1,000 prisoners and employs about 200 people.
The Florence Crane facility in Coldwater and the Muskegon Correctional Facility are also on the closure list.
Contact Rina Miller at catmil@umich.edu
