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TN: CCA to Build 8th Private Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Tenn.: New Private Prison Opening CCA to Add 8th Private Prison in Tennessee February 22, 2008: 12:40 PM EST NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Corrections Corporation of America on Friday announced plans to build its eighth private prison facility in Tennessee. The Nashville-based company said the $143 million facility will hold more than 2,000 prisoners and create 350 new jobs. The company said it is still in "final negotiations" with Trousdale County, but plans to begin construction this summer on the 108-acre site in Hartsville, about 40 miles northeast of Nashville. The Trousdale Correctional Center is then expected to be completed within 18 months. While no main customer for the prison has been finalized, the company plans to offer to hold prisoners from Tennessee, the federal government or other states with prison space shortages...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 24, 2008 (boomark / email).