Workers At Hinton Prison Notified Of Closure

HINTON, Okla. (AP) -- About 150 employees at the Great Plains Correctional Facillity in Hinton have been told the prison will be closing in March.<br/><br/>A spokeswoman for Cornell Corrections says workers

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 4:11 pm

By: News On 6

HINTON, Okla. (AP) -- About 150 employees at the Great Plains Correctional Facillity in Hinton have been told the prison will be closing in March.

A spokeswoman for Cornell Corrections says workers were given a 60-day notice of the closure last Friday.

Spokeswoman Christine Parker says the contract between the state of Oklahoma and Cornell expired in July, and the two parties couldn't reach a new contract.

She says the 530 inmates housed there are being transferred to other facilities.

The facility has operated in Hinton since 1998.