Most, not all, but most of the Laconia prison jobs were transfered to other prisons in the state. While it helped someone at the Laconia prison keep their job it caused some at other prisons in different counties to get the boot. They did not have as much time in. I know of 4 people personnally that fell to this fate out of the Concord prison.
One thing to note about Coos county is the closing of Ethan Allen in VT, inpacted a great number of people as well. The timber industry will cause a spike in the rate in the next two months because of mud season, the cost to put in proper EPA safeguards to protect seasonal streams and wet spots is higher than shutting down for a few weeks, so a quick spike will happen in the March and April numbers, of course if the mills start cutting back orders that will cause some holding of the elevated rate into the summer months.
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