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Issue Position: Closing Prisons in Republican Senate Districts

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By: Joseph Griffo

Date: Jan. 1, 2018

Issues: Criminal Justice

In a purely political move, Senate Democrats approved a 2009-2010 State Budget that closed State prisons solely in Senate Republican districts Upstate, while leaving prisons in Democrat districts open.

In addition, while State law requires an impact report to be completed before any prisons are closed, Senate Democrats ignored the law and closed the prisons anyway.

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