{"id":1130,"date":"2012-02-03T13:27:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T18:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/why-did-cca-pick-lowndes-county-for-a-private-prison.html"},"modified":"2012-02-03T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T18:27:53","slug":"why-did-cca-pick-lowndes-county-for-a-private-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/why-did-cca-pick-lowndes-county-for-a-private-prison.html","title":{"rendered":"Why did CCA pick Lowndes County for a private prison?"},"content":{"rendered":"Apparently CCA picked Lowndes County for a private prison for reasons\nthat were\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/vlcia-misunderstood-what-cca-was-looking-for.html\">\nnot what VLCIA&#8217;s consultant seemed to think would influence the selection.<\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bainbridgedecaturga.com\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.bainbridgedecaturga.com\/Images\/scan0006BA.jpg\"><\/a>\nAccording to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/cca\/CCA%20Partnership%20Talking%20Points.pdf\">\nValdosta-Lowndes County, GA \/ CCA Partnership: Talking Points<\/a>\n(undated, but it refers to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/cca\/Purchase-Develop%20Agmt%20(CCA).pdf\">\n&#8220;The agreement formalized by the Industrial Authority on 8\/17&#8221;<\/a>),\n<blockquote>\nThe Valdosta\/Lowndes site became the primary due to the local and\nregional workforce, collaboration of local leadership,\nsite characteristics,\nproximity to necessary services and infrastructure, accessibility, etc.\n<\/blockquote>\nNothing in there about\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/vlcia-misunderstood-what-cca-was-looking-for.html\">\nlow poverty or high wages.<\/a>\nOne could even read that the other way around,\nas in a low-wage population looking for jobs.\n<p>\nLooks to me like our Industrial Authority didn&#8217;t do much due diligence\nabout private prisons.\n<p>\nAlso note that the contract of 17 August 2010 between VLCIA and CCA\nwas signed <em>after<\/em> the announcement in July 2010 that CCA had selected\nDecatur County.\nMore about that in another post.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apparently CCA picked Lowndes County for a private prison for reasons that were not what VLCIA&#8217;s consultant seemed to think would influence the selection. 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