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Commissioners say they are drafting letter to DOC as Rockview staffing and future draw scrutiny
Summary
Commissioners said they are preparing a letter and an economic model to convey local concerns about potential changes at the Rockview correctional facility and a nearby boot‑camp facility; the county expects the Department of Corrections to hold public hearings in affected counties.
Centre County commissioners said they are drafting a formal letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and preparing an economic analysis to document potential local impacts if the agency changes operations at SCI Rockview and a nearby corrections facility.
Commissioners said the county is assembling an economic model that will estimate job losses and secondary local impacts. At the meeting, a county official characterized the two facilities together as supporting about 892 "high‑paying, union jobs" and noted those…
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