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| Kentucky Won't Use Private Prisons for the First Time in Nearly 30 Years |
| By wfpl.org - Joseph Lord |
| Published: 06/26/2013 |
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For the first time in almost 30 years, Kentucky will have no inmates in private prisons after the state declined to enter into a new contract with a facility in Marion County. J. Michael Brown, the state's justice and public safety secretary, announced on Tuesday the decision to leave behind the Marion Adjustment Center. MAC has 794 inmates, including 232 non-secure custody inmates and 562 secure custody inmates, according to a news release. The state has 120 to move out all of them once the contract expires on Sunday. Read More. |
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