A year ago, the City of Hardin did not want the Crow Tribe to take over the large, empty prison which failed to bring in the promised jobs at the time of its construction.  Apparently the city was afraid the Tribe would “annex” the prison and somehow make it part of the reservation.

A year later, and with the prison still empty, the City of Hardin has offered to house the Gitmo detainees in the same prison.  Tribal involvement and BIA contracts were too scary, but the Gitmo detainees (and, one has to imagine, accompanying federal contracts) are just fine.