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Sugar Land anxious to get rid of 'unwelcome neighbor'

I'm not sure every community would embrace the proposed closure of a state prison so gracefully, but locals in Sugar Land are welcoming the closure of TDCJ's Central Unit, reports Katie McCall at KTRK-TV:It's something people have been wanting for years. Now there are new talks of closing down a big state prison in Sugar Land. The prison near Highway 6 and Highway 90 is near the airport and several neighborhoods.The central prison unit has been a Fort Bend County fixture since 1909, but to nearby homeowners it is an unwelcome neighbor.Homeowner Yenni Kuncoro said, "I think it's better that the prison is out of the neighborhood area because it's a safety for the children. Also the surrounding neighborhood is more secure."Now the unit is the subject of discussion at the Capitol in Austin...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 20, 2011 (boomark / email).