Municipal representatives from the Parkland met to discuss what to do next in regards to the closure of the Dauphin Correctional Centre.
In their February 13th meeting, the group discussed what they learned from the town hall meeting and MGEU rally, as well as anecdotal stories from affected employees, inmates, families, business owners, and residents.
At the meeting, Municipality of Ste. Rose mayor, Robert Brunel, was appointed group spokesperson.
His first task is to get a meeting with Premier Brian Pallister so they can ask important questions and gather information about why they’re closing the DCC without committing to building a new facility.
Brunel said that he plans to find out the reasoning for the sudden closure as well as the future for the affected areas.
"It's really a three part meeting. The first part is the jail and what happened to the original plan from previous governments of building a new facility. What's happening with the court house? Is there opportunies for employment for some of the people there and what's the economic development plan that the province is talking about for the area? Let's open the discussion, so we know what's going on and not have these decisions being made behind closed doors."
The group will meet again once the meeting with the premier has been secured.
