Senate Delegation Urges Extension on Cibola Federal Prison Closure

KSFR News has been covering the upcoming closure of the Cibola County Correctional Facility in Milan New Mexico that will put 257 workers into unemployment. The prison is scheduled to close on September 30^th. The prison closure is part of a federal decision to not renew private prison contracts. Sen. Tom Udall’s spokesperson Jen Talhelm described the letter that Senators Udall and Heinrich sent to deputy atty general Sally Yates on Friday. The unemployment rate in Cibola county is 9 percent.