\n\n<\/a>\n“Corrections over the past 25 years has become an increasingly big\ncomponent of state budgets, to the point that it’s competing for funding\nwith education and other core services,” Mauer said. “And you can’t have\nit both ways anymore.”\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nIf we want knowledge-based jobs here, a private prison is not how to get them.\nLet’s not build a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia.\nSpend those tax dollars on education instead.\n
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