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BIG SPRING, TX – The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Wednesday afternoon that they would be closing six federal penitentiaries to address “decades of deferred maintenance and extreme staffing challenges.” Among them, the federal correctional institution in Big Spring.

An employer of 286 workers, sources say. The prison is one of the most important employers in Howard County. The low-security men’s prison is home to 617 inmates.