PI editorial: Closing the Rifle Correctional Center would be huge mistake

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PI editorial: Closing the Rifle Correctional Center would be huge mistake

This spring, the Rifle Correctional Center once again finds itself in the fiscal crosshairs at the Capitol. Closing the 192-bed minimum security facility was recommended by state budget analysts as a cost-cutting measure. Closing the facility is estimated to save the state roughly $10 million and could be justified due to declining inmate population and similar facilities in Delta or Sterling. Sterling is not even on our side of the state, and w…