{"id":2306,"date":"2011-03-17T18:45:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T22:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/cca-private-prison-in-lowndes-county.html"},"modified":"2011-03-17T18:45:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T22:45:04","slug":"cca-private-prison-in-lowndes-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/cca-private-prison-in-lowndes-county.html","title":{"rendered":"CCA private prison in Lowndes County?"},"content":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Project Excel?\nA private prison for Lowndes County, proposed by\nCorrections Corporation of America (CCA).\n<p>\nBack in August 2010 when the VDT first brought this story to light,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/12\/cca-private-prisons-and-az-immigration-law.html\">\nI pointed out that CCA is the same company that lobbied heavily\nfor Arizona&#8217;s new immigration law so CCA could get more customers.<\/a>\nAnd I wondered what VLCIA thought about this?\nSilly question: of course they&#8217;re all for it!\nIt&#8217;s <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/why-jobs-jobs-jobs-isnt-good-enough.html\">&#8220;jobs, jobs, jobs&#8221;<\/a> with them.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hj7637zEvFg\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/lfvn7Y70sVg\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAs of 21 December 2010,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hj7637zEvFg\">\napparently things were still pretty tentative<\/a>\nwhen Brad Lofton gave an update to the VLCIA board,\nclaiming the CCA private prison would bring 600 jobs to Lowndes County, Georgia:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfvn7Y70sVg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nRegular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,\n<br>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Gary Minchew, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,\n<br>\nJ. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,\n<br>\n21 December 2010\n<br>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\nSome public objection had surfaced by 20 January 2010,\nwhen\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/pollution-and-a-private-prison-dr-mark-george.html\">\nDr. Mark George remarked to the Valdosta City Council:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/pollution-and-a-private-prison-dr-mark-george.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5283\/5378049908_edbb9eb4d8_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n&#8220;I think we can do better than a generator that burns human waste. I\nthink we can do better than a private prison and those are two things\nthat we seem to be excited about as a community.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nNext, we&#8217;ll see if objections had any effect on the Industrial Authority.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Project Excel? A private prison for Lowndes County, proposed by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Back in August 2010 when the VDT first brought this story to light, I pointed out that CCA is the same company that lobbied heavily for Arizona&#8217;s new immigration law so CCA could get more customers. 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