Around the country, impoverished rural communities have pursued prisons in the hope that they will deliver them from economic hardship.
Now, Kentucky's Letcher County is hoping to be the home of America's next federal prison. More at @nbcnews:https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/kentucky-prison-coal-country …
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However, what little research has been done on the long-term impact of the prison industry on the economies of small towns is mixed. Commentary:https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/11/06/when-a-small-town-s-private-prison-goes-bust?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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