{"id":1108,"date":"2012-02-15T12:05:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/i-want-him-in-my-jail-not-a-private-jail-sheriff-chris-prine.html"},"modified":"2012-02-15T12:05:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T17:05:55","slug":"i-want-him-in-my-jail-not-a-private-jail-sheriff-chris-prine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/i-want-him-in-my-jail-not-a-private-jail-sheriff-chris-prine.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I want him in my jail, not a private jail.&#8221; &mdash;Sheriff Chris Prine"},"content":{"rendered":"Last week Sheriff Chris Prine volunteered his opinion of private prisons:\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vvGnGtv4jYo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vvGnGtv4jYo\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n<blockquote>\nYou were talking about the private jail system.\nI&#8217;d like to voice my opinion of that.\nThe private jail from our study so far, the cost&#8230;.\nI&#8217;m going to use a figure of around 800 inmates;\nwe&#8217;re pretty close to 900 in our jail now.\nWe figure around maybe $36 a day to feed the inmate,\ncounting of course the food and our employment.\n<p>\nAnd looking at the private jail sector.\nAnd of course I&#8217;m responsible for the inmate whether he is in a private\njail or in my jail.\nIf I&#8217;m going to be responsible for that inmate, I want him here;\nI want him in my jail, not a private jail.\n<br>\n[applause]\n<p>\nAnother thing is the cost factor.\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nLike I said, we&#8217;re figuring around $36 per day.\nIn the private sector they&#8217;re figuring around $64 a day&#8230;.\n<p>\nWe tried the private probation office.\nIf somebody in the private probation office,\nif we have an inmate or a violation of probation,\nit doesn&#8217;t take but two or three dollars for them\nto violate the probation and put them back in jail.\nWhere we can approach the state a little bit better.\n<p>\nI just wanted to address that, and I appreciate your time.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vvGnGtv4jYo\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvGnGtv4jYo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n&#8220;I want him in my jail, not a private jail.&#8221; &mdash;Sheriff Chris Prine\n<br>\nSheriff Chris Prine,\n<br>\nMonthly Meeting, Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 6 February 2012.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week Sheriff Chris Prine volunteered his opinion of private prisons: You were talking about the private jail system. 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