{"id":1368,"date":"2011-10-20T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/opposed-to-a-private-prison-in-lowndes-county-georgia-john-s-quarterman-et-al.html"},"modified":"2011-10-20T16:06:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T20:06:50","slug":"opposed-to-a-private-prison-in-lowndes-county-georgia-john-s-quarterman-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/opposed-to-a-private-prison-in-lowndes-county-georgia-john-s-quarterman-et-al.html","title":{"rendered":"Opposed to a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia. &mdash;John S. Quarterman, et al."},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ENxp8JL1O4w&#038;list=PLD4C8C05254AF9DD1&#038;index=15\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ENxp8JL1O4w\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nA private prison in Lowndes County would be a bad business decision: it would not increase employment, it would be likely to close because of lack of &#8220;customers&#8221;, and it would drive away knowledge-based workers. The letter I read to the Industrial Authority Board and Staff Tuesday on behalf of some members of the community sumarizes\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/letter\/\">\nappended documentation<\/a> of all those and other points.\n<p>\nIf you&#8217;d also like to sign, I&#8217;m still collecting signatures,\nand will periodically drop off more signed copies.\nOr, even better, write your own letter and send it to the Industrial Authority.\n<a href=\"\/blog\/submissions-policy.html\">\nSubmit it to this blog<\/a> and we&#8217;ll probably publish it.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ENxp8JL1O4w&#038;list=PLD4C8C05254AF9DD1&#038;index=15\">\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\/ENxp8JL1O4w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nOpposed to a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia. &mdash;John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nRegular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\n<br>Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland chairman, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett,\n<br>Andrea Schruijer Executive Director, J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Project Manager,\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 18 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nText of the letter is appended; follow\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/letter\/\">\nthe link<\/a> for the documentation.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\n-jsq\n<blockquote>\n<H3>To the Board of Directors of the<br> Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority,<\/H3>\n<p>\nWe the undersigned are opposed to a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/we-may-face-community-opposition-to-facility-location-cca.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.cca.com\/static\/images\/facility\/facility_Coffee.jpg\"><\/a>\nA private prison would not increase employment in Lowndes County.\nIt would not even save the state money.\nAnd it would have high risk of closing after or even before it opened,\nbecause of escapes and inmate disturbances, and most importantly\nbecause the state and federal governments can no longer afford to\nincarcerate so many people.\nThat would leave us and the state holding the bag\nfor any investment in building it.\n<p>\nOutsourcing public justice for private profit at taxpayer expense\nis not only bad business, we the taxpayers can&#8217;t afford to pay for it\nwhile public education is under increasing budgetary pressure.\n<p>\nAs members of the local community,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6260635622\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6227\/6260635622_1f1941529e_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nwe do not wish to live in a private prison\ncolony, with the attendant risks of inmate violence and escape,\nand the accompanying public opprobrium that would drive away\nthe knowledge-based workers we claim to be trying to attract.\n<p>\nFinally, public justice should not be a matter of private profit.\n<p>\nPlease find attached documentation for all these points.\n<p>\nSincerely,\n<p>\n[signed]\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A private prison in Lowndes County would be a bad business decision: it would not increase employment, it would be likely to close because of lack of &#8220;customers&#8221;, and it would drive away knowledge-based workers. 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