WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-JOURNAL. From Frank Cantatore. October 2, 2003: Businessman, community leader and candidate for the County Board of Legislator’s Fifth district, Frank Cantatore Thursday called for the immediate suspension of the inmate work program at the County’s golf course Hudson Hills. On Wednesday, an inmate who was working there escaped and was later captured. The program places inmates from the County jail at the golf course to do various work functions.

 “It’s time to put a stop to a program that should have never been instituted in the first place. All this program is and was is a way to cover costs overruns for an exclusive golf club that should have never been built by the County in the first place. But what’s more egregious is that Bill Ryan, Chairman of the Public Safety committee allowed it to happen. We’re fortunate that the criminal who escaped was a “low level” risk, maybe next time we won’t be so lucky,” I am calling on the County to put a stop to this inmate program immediately,” said Cantatore.

“We were lucky that no one was injured by this incident. The golf course should have professionals working on them, not dangerous criminals, said Cantatore.