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Monday, February 7, 2011

Milo, Maine Falls Prey To CCA Private Prison Industry

How sad to see another town falling to the sales-pitch of corporate prison piggies. 100 good paying jobs? Yeah, why not investigate some other towns who believed the same thing. New industry! More schools! More revenue! Because business just flock to build near prisons, dontcha know?

And I bet with just a few minutes of digging people would discover that CCA was a major contributor to Senator Thomas' campaign. That is standard operating procedure of Corrections Corporation of America and their ilk; buy out lawmakers first, then push for more privatization contracts. Disgusting.

From CorrectionsOne AUGUSTA, Maine—Prospects of building a privately run prison in the economically depressed town of Milo appear to be gaining momentum with a new administration in the State House and legislation being prepared to pave the way for such a project.

Republican Sen. Douglas Thomas' bill has yet to be fleshed out, but it's clearly aimed at authorizing a prison in the Piscataquis County town of about 2,400, which has a double-digit unemployment rate and has been buffeted by a loss of businesses not to mention devastating fire in 2008 that wiped out a third of its downtown.

"If there's a chance of getting 100 good-paying jobs, I'm interested," said Thomas, of Ripley.
Read more at Boston.com.

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