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Hard time bringing good times: Prisons provide economic bonanza for Raymondville.
Byline: Fernando Del Valle
Jul. 23--RAYMONDVILLE -- For Irma Hulen, business is booming in this small farm town that some are calling Prisonville. After a flooring company laid her off, she won a six-figure contract in 2003 to provide floor coverings at a 525-bed county-owned prison here. After winning a series of contracts with private prison firms, she won a contract last year to cover the floors of a 238,000-square-foot detention center that holds illegal immigrants in Pearsall, south of San Antonio.
Then last week, Hulen won a contract to cover the floors of a new 2,000-bed detention center for which county commissioners will borrow $60.6 million …
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