Word: detroit
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...hometown is Detroit. What kind of a deli city is that? Detroit is a great deli city. If only GM could learn from what the delis in Detroit are doing! The best rye bread anywhere - double-baked, crispy, warm rye that they serve their sandwiches with - and great corned beef. It's a passionate deli town...
...player in the increasingly lucrative business of transporting prisoners across borders. Already, several states grappling with overcrowded prisons - including California, Pennsylvania and Vermont - spend millions each year sending inmates to private and public prisons in Arizona, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee and elsewhere. (See TIME's photo-essay "The Remains of Detroit...
...prison facilities that are scheduled to close by the end of the year could be significantly increased by double-stacking beds. Michigan would charge some $30,000 a year for each domestic inmate brought to its maximum-security prison at Standish, about a 90-minute drive from Detroit. California has thus far balked, partly because of the cost, but Michigan officials say they are still negotiating with Pennsylvania and other states...
...prisoners is a way to profitably use a facility that would otherwise be empty. On Oct. 19, the Standish city council voted to allow federal prisoners, including detainees from Gitmo, to be housed at the local correctional facility. (See TIME's photo-essay "A Day in the Life of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing...
...sell, politically." David Fathi, U.S. program director at Human Rights Watch in Washington, urges caution in the rush of states moving into the business of transporting prisoners. "There's a risk that conditions will deteriorate as corners are cut to make more money," he says. (See TIME's graphic "Detroit: Now a Ghost Town...