3/28/14 - A budget proposal under consideration in Lansing would close the state-run Maxey Training School in Livingston County. The plan before the Michigan House Appropriations Committee would save approximately $8 million by shutting down the Green Oak Township facility. Republican State Representative Peter MacGregor of Cannon Township chairs the budget subcommittee which recommended the closure based on a draft budget from the Michigan Department of Human Services. He told Michigan Radio that the facility, located on the north side of M-36, west of US-23, is running at about 40% capacity and that the 31 juveniles housed there could be transferred to several public and private institutions at much less cost. However, he said Maxey might also be converted to house youth convicted as adults and serving lengthy prison terms. The proposal to close the facility comes just three years after the state paid to renovate the campus, which has local officials expressing frustration that a decision to close it down would follow so soon after taxpayer dollars were expended to keep it running. (JK)
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