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On Proposed Federal Correctional Institution Letcher:
Updates on Proposed Federal Prison Site in Kentucky < /Appalachian Voices July 23, 2025
Prison reform laws could safely send thousands home — if they’re enforced- July 27, 2025
Final Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Federal Correctional Institution and Prison Camp - Letcher County, KY - July 12, 2024
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Development of a New Federal Correctional Institution and Federal Prison Camp - Letcher County, KY
Appalachia deserves more than coal or cages. Another federal prison is not the answer.- Mandi Fugate Sheffel, Lexington Herald Leader May 5, 2024
Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky Louisville Public Media
Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Prison. New York Times, March 23, 2023 “a trauma on top of the trauma”
Three southeastern Kentucky counties already obtained federal prisons, and it did not pay off - Economic Analysis from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Federal prison in Letcher County was bad idea the first time — let’s not revisit it. Lexington Herald Leader, May 5, 2023
Is a federal prison really our best bet? Artie Ann Bates - Letter to Editor, Mountain Eagle, May 3, 2023
abates_letter_mtneagle_05032023.pdf
Building Prison Cells Over Homes -The Daily Yonder - video/podcast with Sylvia Ryerson and Judah Schept. May 5, 2023
Study: Kentuckians increasingly excluded from lawmaking process by fast-track maneuvers • Kentucky Lantern
Petition for Rescission of the $506,000,000 for Letcher Prison Home | No New Letcher Prison
After the Flood | Tarence Ray (thebaffler.com)
A proposed prison in Letcher County, Ky. reopens old divides - Ohio Valley ReSource
Related News on Prison Impacts, Incarceration, Climate Change & More:
Climate Resilience in Central Appalachia: Impacts and Opportunities - Invest Appalachia
https://www.investappalachia.org/climate-analysis
Warren Leads Colleagues Investigating the Revolving Door Between Federal Agencies and the Private Detention Industry | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Federal Agencies Ignore Environmental Health Risks for Millions of Prisoners | Truthout
Prison Reform: Reducing Recidivism by Strengthening the Federal Bureau of Prisons (justice.gov)
Prisons don’t bring prosperity to rural towns – Oregon Business
We need a well-designed plan to repair or replace our crumbling federal prisons | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/3866946-we-need-a-well-designed-plan-to-repair-or-replace-our-crumbling-federal-prisons/
Census Bureau will count federal inmates as residents (corrections1.com)
https://www.corrections1.com/federal-prison/articles/census-bureau-will-count-federal-inmates-as-residents-KkgWTj1itQv9QHEt/
Federal Prisons Were Told to Provide Addiction Medications. Instead, They Punish People Who Use Them
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/12/12/suboxone-federal-prison-opioid-addiction-treatment-overdose
To fix our prison system, we need far more than a change in leadership - The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/586981-to-fix-our-prison-system-we-need-far-more-than-a-change-in/
Flooding Hits American Towns Far From Oceans and Big Rivers - WSJ
Updates on Proposed Federal Prison Site in Kentucky < /Appalachian Voices July 23, 2025
Prison reform laws could safely send thousands home — if they’re enforced- July 27, 2025
Final Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Federal Correctional Institution and Prison Camp - Letcher County, KY - July 12, 2024
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Development of a New Federal Correctional Institution and Federal Prison Camp - Letcher County, KY
Appalachia deserves more than coal or cages. Another federal prison is not the answer.- Mandi Fugate Sheffel, Lexington Herald Leader May 5, 2024
Here's how a new federal prison could impact environment, economy in eastern Kentucky Louisville Public Media
Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Prison. New York Times, March 23, 2023 “a trauma on top of the trauma”
Three southeastern Kentucky counties already obtained federal prisons, and it did not pay off - Economic Analysis from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Federal prison in Letcher County was bad idea the first time — let’s not revisit it. Lexington Herald Leader, May 5, 2023
Is a federal prison really our best bet? Artie Ann Bates - Letter to Editor, Mountain Eagle, May 3, 2023
abates_letter_mtneagle_05032023.pdf
Building Prison Cells Over Homes -The Daily Yonder - video/podcast with Sylvia Ryerson and Judah Schept. May 5, 2023
Study: Kentuckians increasingly excluded from lawmaking process by fast-track maneuvers • Kentucky Lantern
Petition for Rescission of the $506,000,000 for Letcher Prison Home | No New Letcher Prison
After the Flood | Tarence Ray (thebaffler.com)
A proposed prison in Letcher County, Ky. reopens old divides - Ohio Valley ReSource
Related News on Prison Impacts, Incarceration, Climate Change & More:
Climate Resilience in Central Appalachia: Impacts and Opportunities - Invest Appalachia
https://www.investappalachia.org/climate-analysis
Warren Leads Colleagues Investigating the Revolving Door Between Federal Agencies and the Private Detention Industry | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Federal Agencies Ignore Environmental Health Risks for Millions of Prisoners | Truthout
Prison Reform: Reducing Recidivism by Strengthening the Federal Bureau of Prisons (justice.gov)
Prisons don’t bring prosperity to rural towns – Oregon Business
We need a well-designed plan to repair or replace our crumbling federal prisons | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/3866946-we-need-a-well-designed-plan-to-repair-or-replace-our-crumbling-federal-prisons/
Census Bureau will count federal inmates as residents (corrections1.com)
https://www.corrections1.com/federal-prison/articles/census-bureau-will-count-federal-inmates-as-residents-KkgWTj1itQv9QHEt/
Federal Prisons Were Told to Provide Addiction Medications. Instead, They Punish People Who Use Them
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/12/12/suboxone-federal-prison-opioid-addiction-treatment-overdose
To fix our prison system, we need far more than a change in leadership - The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/586981-to-fix-our-prison-system-we-need-far-more-than-a-change-in/
Flooding Hits American Towns Far From Oceans and Big Rivers - WSJ