I do not work there, but I had contributed some of the news reports to the article about the prison. I did try to undo the edit you did removing the prison stuff and then use it as the basis for a new article, but I was told I am unable to undo the edit, even to use it as reference. There was a lot of information and citations you removed 

 Anyway, the removal of the entire article still seems a bit much. It left the article on the town as no mention of the prison, which seems unfair as it is both a major part of the town, (number of employees, etc) and one of the biggest prisons in the state. You may state "it is not my place to write up an article about a prison that I no nothing about." but you made it your business to remove an article about a prison and a town you know "nothing about" I am not trying to be combative, instead I am trying to understand the process as a new contributor,