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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A member of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition has learned
that a bill will be presented in this Maine legislative session to allow
the town of Milo to decide whether to build a for-profit <EM>Corrections
Corporation of America</EM> federal prison. (See email
below.) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This proposed corporate-run federal prison --
which would have no Maine oversight for what goes on within its walls --
would house transient federal prisoners from out of state, including illegal
immigrants, federal prisoners being held until placement elsewhere, etc. --
would cause enormous problems for Milo and for the entire
state. We have heard that it could house 1,000 or more
people.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you know anyone in Milo who would like to host a
community information forum, please email </FONT><A
href="mailto:maineprisoneradvocacy@yahoo.com"><FONT
face=Arial>maineprisoneradvocacy@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Please write to your representatives to say that Mainers
don't want private corporate prisons -- state or federal -- in our
state. We don't yet have an LD number.</FONT></DIV><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:48 PM<BR>Subject: response from senator
about milo prison<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Hey all,<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> I had read that <STRONG>Senator Douglas
Thomas</STRONG> had submitted a bill to build the Milo prison, so I emailed
him. this is what I got.<BR><BR><STRONG><EM> "My bill hasn’t come out
of the revisers office yet, but all it attempts to do is to allow the town
to decide if a private prison gets built. The jobs would be typical of
jails and would include guards, cooks and administrators. It will come up this
session."<BR></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Becca</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>