ELKTON
U.S. Rep Charlie Wilson, D-6th, wants to look at a prison program that may have exposed staff and prisoners to toxic materials.
Hillary Wicai Viers, Wilson’s spokeswoman, said Thursday, “Out of ongoing concern for both the guards and the prisoners, Congressman Wilson will be requesting a hearing on this matter from the House Judiciary Committee.”
But U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said Thursday that a recycling program at the Federal Corrections Institute in Elkton has been closed but was not a danger.
Under the program, prisoners broke computers apart. The program began in 1997 and closed in 2009.
“There are no plans to reopen it,” Billingsley said.
But a report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General indicated the computer-
recycling program had problems. Similar programs were run at other federal prisons.
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Category: Prison Time
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