Thursday, May 23, 2013
Government at Work - Managing Prisoners
At CNSnews.com, Penny Starr reports on it:
"Sensenbrenner then asked Lofthus about the Federal Correction Institution (FCI) Aliceville (Alabama), FCI Berlin (New Hampshire), FCI Hazelton (West Virginia), and FCI Yazoo City (Mississippi) prisons’ statuses. 'Well, we’ve got four other prisons that are sitting empty that apparently aren’t as high priority to this day,' Sensenbrenner said, asking if there were plans to sell the facilities. Lofthus said DOJ did not plan to sell them because the prisons in New Hampshire and Alabama already had inmates. But when asked the percentage of capacity, Lofthus said “off the top of my head” it was 'approximately 10 percent.'"
