At the MLK Monument last Friday, I brought up private prisons.
Most of the 150 people marching to
Occupy Valdosta
did not know that

the Industrial Authority is helping
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) build a private prison
in Lowndes County.
Even though it would not decrease unemployment, it would compromise
public safety, and it would probably compete with local labor.

We don’t need a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia.
Spend those tax dollars on rehabilitation and education instead.

Here’s

the video:

No Private Prison —John S. Quarterman

We are the 99%,

Marching to Occupy Valdosta, Occupy Valdosta,

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 October 2011.

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

-jsq