North Carolina
September 1, 2009
Obama’s Fed Bureau of Prisons looking to increase number of private prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is considering building a new privately owned and operated facility in eastern North Carolina to keep up with demand for bed space.
Officials are looking at putting the facility for about 1,380 low-security prisoners from the Washington, D.C., area in Winton, a small town along the Chowan River in Hertford County.
The other site being considered is in Princess Anne, along Maryland's Eastern Shore…
LINK - WRAL.com
June 6, 2008
North Carolina: “House of Hope”
Salisbury High School Principal Dr. Windsor Eagle submitted a letter of support Thursday for the proposed House of Hope at 730 S. Ellis St., which would operate about a block from the school.
The Governor's Crime Commission has awarded House of Hope a two-year, $245,000 grant to provide a group care facility for just released prisoners looking to make the transition back into society.
But many residents and property owners near the proposed facility, which would operate out of an existing two-story house, oppose its location in what they consider a neighborhood already under duress. They also have questioned the wisdom of opening such a program near the high school…
LINK - SalisburyPost.com
October 15, 2007
N.C. Prison Doesn’t Serve D.C. Inmates Well, Critics Say
The rural North Carolina prison, run by the private GEO Group, has become a symbol for what inmates, their families and city leaders say is harsher treatment of D.C. inmates in federal prisons compared with other inmates. Drug treatment and job training options are inadequate, critics say. As a result, too many inmates return home unprepared to do anything but get sent back…
LINK - WashingtonPost.com
