Hello allies,

$444 million has been allocated for the construction of a federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky, making it the only federal prison in progress in the country. While public officials tout the proposed prison as a surefire way to boost our local economy, we know mass incarceration to be a false solution in communities across the country. This would be the fourth federal prison Congressman Hal Roger’s has built in our Congressional District. The previous three facilities were placed in economically distressed counties and have done very little to help local communities.
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