However, by the time the jail is ready to take its first prisoner in October, the tribe won't even have enough money to pay the power bill.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs allocated $74,000 this year to pay for detaining suspects on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The tribe estimates the actual cost hovers around $400,000.
By KIM SKORNOGOSKI Tribune Staff Writer
Full Story; http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/NEWS01/801280303/1002
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The Downside Of A Declining Crime Rate: Prison Closures
Plan to Close Prisons Stirs Anxiety in Rural Towns
By FERNANDA SANTOS
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/nyregion/27prison.html?ex=1202101200&en=177a187d81dcfe12&ei=5070&emc=eta1