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| Indiana to pull inmates from Floyd prison |
| By AP and Lexington Herald |
| Published: 03/07/2005 |
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Indiana is removing 620 inmates from a private prison in Eastern Kentucky -- a move that might force it to close, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee company that runs it said last week. The Indiana Department of Corrections has notified Corrections Corp. of America of Nashville it intends to remove all of its inmates by May from the 656-bed men's minimum/medium security facility at the Otter Creek Correctional Complex at Wheelwright in Floyd County, said CCA vice president Louise Chickering. The prison employs 170 workers. CCA operates private prisons in Floyd, Lee and Marion counties in Kentucky and is among several companies expressing an interest in Gov. Ernie Fletcher's proposal to privatize a new state-built prison in Elliott County. Lisa Lamb, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Corrections, said commissioner John Rees recently told legislators the state might be interested in the Otter Creek facility as a women's prison, "down the road," if Indiana removes its inmates. "Because that's our No. 1 need right now," Lamb said. "Female beds." The state's only prison for women is the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women at Pewee Valley in Oldham County. It is a 723-inmate medium-security prison. Lamb said Rees did not elaborate on how Otter Creek would be operated as a women's prison. With Indiana's departure from Otter Creek, Chickering said, "We now have a full facility that is available for utilization. Should the Kentucky Department of Corrections wish to utilize that facility under any circumstances, certainly we would be open to discussing that with them." Chickering said the situation at Otter Creek does not necessarily change CCA's interest in the Elliott County prison, which is scheduled to open this year. Regarding the Elliott County prison, Chickering said, "I do not know how Otter Creek's availability ultimately would affect our interest." Attempts to reach Indiana prison officials last week were not successful. But Chickering said Indiana's decision to remove its inmates from Otter Creek "is in no way, under any circumstance," related to either the quality of care inmates have been receiving or reports of a-riot last year at CCA's Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville. |
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