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DETROIT The Arenac, Mich., County Board of Commissioners changed its collective mind Monday morning, sort of.
Two weeks ago, the commission approved a resolution supporting the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility, which is slated to close by Saturday.
But Monday morning, the commission decided to reserve its support until the federal government answers a handful of questions, including whether land will be taken, roads closed, landscaping at the prison modified by the government and whether local and state law enforcement would be responsible for any work at the prison.
The resolution passed on a 4-1 vote.
The city of Standish voted on a resolution supporting the transfer of inmates from other state or federal prison facilities into the Standish prison. The council removed the word "detainees" from the resolution, but that doesn't preclude the transfer of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the 600-bed prison in northeast Michigan.
(c) 2009, Detroit Free Press.
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Two weeks ago, the commission approved a resolution supporting the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility, which is slated to close by Saturday.
But Monday morning, the commission decided to reserve its support until the federal government answers a handful of questions, including whether land will be taken, roads closed, landscaping at the prison modified by the government and whether local and state law enforcement would be responsible for any work at the prison.
The resolution passed on a 4-1 vote.
The city of Standish voted on a resolution supporting the transfer of inmates from other state or federal prison facilities into the Standish prison. The council removed the word "detainees" from the resolution, but that doesn't preclude the transfer of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the 600-bed prison in northeast Michigan.
(c) 2009, Detroit Free Press.
Visit the Freep, the World Wide Web site of the Detroit Free Press, at http://www.freep.com.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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