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| Prison points of view |
| By wickenburgsun.com |
| Published: 11/20/2009 |
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A number of residents have recently written to The Wickenburg Sun regarding the possibility of a medium-security prison being built in Forepaugh. In today’s feature, individual opinions of those who are in favor of a prison project will be highlighted. Next week, The Wickenburg Sun will speak with people who are not in favor of the proposed prison. It was recently reported that a number of Wickenburg officials toured a prison facility in Eloy, which is owned and operated by a corporation that has shown interest in building a correctional facility in Forepaugh. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the United States, hosted members from the town’s Economic Development Partnership, Mayor Kelly Blunt, Vice Mayor John Cook, Councilman Scott Stewart and other community leaders at one of its Pinal County facilities. CCA is hoping to win a bid from the Arizona Department of Corrections to house 5,000 inmates, and is interested in 78-acres of town-owned property located in Forepaugh. CCA officials said they would start with a correctional facility that would house 2,400 medium-security inmates. Read More. |
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