Oh here we go again LLEGER? Get some other ihubbers to help you out also, they just love the prison subject. Yes my neighbors consist of 9 correctional officers within a stone's throw of my house. Comforting, and no, wrong, don't even begin to talk about the inmate families moving into town or escapes from modern low/medium security facilities. Knowing what we know now, would we have supported having a state or federal prison in Berlin having experienced a state prison for years now? Absolutely! I would know better than most selling and renting to these folks. Gee, can't seem to remember catering to any inmates/families. Care for some statistics? We have had a state prison here for years, recession proof, professional jobs, great addition to the town. Police department records supporting no increase in crime due to the state prison. Massive influx of payroll to help the community. I'm not impressed with the statistics relative to how many of our inmates end right back in the slammer, I don't think our correctional system is even close to perfect, and I understand YOU and I are paying for them. But, if they're going to exist, I'd rather their massive payroll benefit my town then the one next door. By the way, you wouldn't know they exist in Berlin unless you got lost in the woods.