City Is Urged to Sue to Block State Prison
Foes of a state prison planned for Lancaster said Thursday that the city should file suit to block construction of the facility, which cleared a key bureaucratic hurdle this week despite community protests.
The state Department of Corrections has approved an environmental report on the prison, to be near Avenue J and 60th Street West, a department spokeswoman said. The $200-million, 2,200-bed maximum- and medium-security facility is planned for a 232-acre site next to an existing county jail that houses 1,600 inmates.
Antelope Valley political and business leaders said their two-year battle against the proposal has laid the groundwork for a lawsuit challenging the state environmental report on the prison. Lancaster officials have 30 days in which to take such legal action.
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