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AZ: CCA Tries Another Town for It's 5000 cage prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

February 12, 2010 Private prison interested in Camp Verde By Steve Ayers Staff Reporter CAMP VERDE - Mayor Bob Burnside has confirmed that the Corrections Corporation of America has made a preliminary inquiry regarding the construction of a private prison in Camp Verde. Burnside said he and Town Manger Mike Scannell met on Monday with CCA representative Bill Feldmeier to discuss issues related to zoning and permitting. "It's an interesting concept that I have begun researching," Burnside said. "At face value it has a massive economic potential, but we will have to see how the public feels about the idea." CCA had previously proposed a private prison in Prescott Valley. However, those talks did not get past the early discussion stage, according to Feldmeier...continue to full post

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