When prison closes, what happens to the water it supplies to neighborhood?
WWNY When prison closes, what happens to the water it supplies to neighborhood? By Keir Chapman and Jeff Cole | February 16, 2021 at 5:24 PM EST - Updated February 16 at 7:58 PM
TOWN OF WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - When the Watertown Correctional Facility closes at the end of March, lawmakers say the state canât just walk away. The prison provides water to 40 nearby homes.
At Watertown Correctional Facility, thereâs more than prisoners and corrections officers.
There are obligations to keep the water flowing to nearby homes. On the prison grounds, thereâs a water treatment facility.
Your Turn: feedback on Trumpâs acquittal, prison future & DPAO concerts
WWNY Your Turn: feedback on Trumpâs acquittal, prison future & DPAO concerts By Diane Rutherford | February 15, 2021 at 2:16 PM EST - Updated February 15 at 9:05 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) -
At his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump was acquitted of inciting the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol:
Good! Because he didnât do anything wrong.
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The man was not innocent.It was only because of the rules established long ago and were never revised for a changing world that he got away with the monstrous things he did.
WATERTOWN â A group met in Public Square on Saturday afternoon to protest the upcoming closure of Watertown Correctional Facility, which is scheduled to shut down at the end of March.
The demonstrators displayed signs for the honking cars passing by and talked about what the closure means for the employees at the facility and their families.
Among them was Watertown corrections officer Tom Dier. He will be traveling over the next few days to the homes of a few of his coworkers â who are in quarantine because they got COVID-19, apparently from the prison where they work â to pick up the paperwork they need to submit to stay employed.
Rallying for Watertown Correctional Facility, still hoping for change
Rallying for Watertown Correctional Facility, still hoping for change By Brendan Straub | January 16, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST - Updated January 16 at 6:36 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Signs could been seen up and down Watertownâs Public Sqaure all with the same message: Save the Watertown Correctional Facility.
Governor Cuomo gave the facility itâs 90 day notice back in December.
In response, several rallies have occurred, even if the decision may seem inevitable.
âRight now there is not much movement, but we are pushing for it hoping that the Governor will change his mind,â said Bryan Hluska, Central Region VP for New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOBA).