Check out this excellent piece diving into the Franklin County Prison project.
Bottom line? Prisons don't uplift communities, they homogenize them. There's a way of life that will be lost if this thing gets built.
NEW in Bolts: How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state prison angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.
https://boltsmag.org/arkansas-prison-franklin-county/
It's been a while, but it's live thread time! W're covering the 1PM Joint Performance Review committee meeting, where legislators are expected to ask some tough questions about the Franklin County prison project + opponents of the prison will present their case. Tune @ 1PM!
But for too long, many of our state politicians have been operating in the shadows, prioritizing interests of the wealthy and powerful over interests of the people. They put partisanship and deep-pocket campaign donors ahead of us, the voters.
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