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Pahrump NV: CCA Detention Tabled for Now

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Oct. 24, 2008 Detention center pact tabled By MARK WAITE Pahrump Valley Times (NV) Action on a proposed development agreement with Corrections Corporation of America for a federal detention center was postponed another two months until Dec. 16 by Nye County commissioners Tuesday. A crowd of bystanders showed up anyway to voice comments about the project, though it was reported there wouldn't be any action taken. That delays a vote on the agreement until well after the election. CCA Senior Director of Site Acquisition and Development Brad Wiggins, said when the project was tabled last month commissioners made a critical timeline even more critical. Consultant Ira Cotler, managing director of Correctional Finance and Consulting Solutions, just gave his comments on the development agreement back to CCA officials Monday...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 26, 2008 (boomark / email).