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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
April 23, 2006
In 2000, the Oregon Department of Corrections predicted that a prison in tiny Madras would set off a minor economic miracle. The Deer Ridge Correctional Institution would employ 500 people on its $22 million payroll.
Nearly 70 percent of employees would be hired locally. The spillover effects....
