{"id":2152,"date":"2011-04-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/local-naacp-votes-to-oppose-private-prison-in-lowndes-county.html"},"modified":"2011-04-21T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T12:00:00","slug":"local-naacp-votes-to-oppose-private-prison-in-lowndes-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/local-naacp-votes-to-oppose-private-prison-in-lowndes-county.html","title":{"rendered":"Local NAACP votes to oppose private prison in Lowndes County"},"content":{"rendered":"Leigh Touchton commented yesterday about a meeting Tuesday 19 April.\nShe is president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostanaacp.com\/\">\nValdosta-Lowndes NAACP.<\/a> -jsq\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostanaacp.com\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/hprofile-ak-snc4\/162063_6476528946_3041367_n.jpg\"><\/a>\nValdosta NAACP branch voted last night to oppose the private prison approved by VLCIA. We don&#8217;t need more prisons, and they do not improve economic standards in any community in which they have been located. There is a safety burden upon the community, there are human rights abuses, and the focus should be on saving the state money by rehabilitation of non-violent offenders rather than mass incarceration. When America has 5% of the world&#8217;s population but incarcerates 25% of the world&#8217;s prisoners, this is unacceptable. In North Carolina, private prisons have put local furniture manufacturers out of business because they cannot compete with the prison&#8217;s slave labor. These are not sustainable and it&#8217;s no mystery why most of the large Christian denominations in America oppose them.\n<p>\n-Leigh Touchton\n<\/blockquote>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/private-prison-a-major-impact-on-the-community-brad-lofton.html\">\nBrad Lofton&#8217;s explanation of the private prison.<\/a>\nHere are statements on private prisons\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/what-do-churches-think-of-private-prisons.html\">by three Christian denominations.<\/a>\nAnd the state of\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/private-prisons-illegal-in-israel.html\">\nIsrael has outlawed private prisons.<\/a>\nMore information about CCA and private prisons <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/cca\">here.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leigh Touchton commented yesterday about a meeting Tuesday 19 April. She is president of the Valdosta-Lowndes NAACP. -jsq Valdosta NAACP branch voted last night to oppose the private prison approved by VLCIA. We don&#8217;t need more prisons, and they do not improve economic standards in any community in which they have been located. 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