DOC to shutter Palmer Correctional Center

In a move that may come as no surprise to a cash-strapped state administration, the commissioner of DOC Tuesday announced the imminent shutdown  of Palmer Correctional Facility.
DOC Commissioner Dean Williams spent Tuesday morning meeting with Mat Su Borough officials and with Palmer mayor DeLena Johnson before going public with the announcement.
“We are giving ourselves four to five months to accomplish the entire closure and re-purpose of the facility. We wanted to do that to make s