We may face community opposition to facility location, which may adversely
affect our ability to obtain new contracts. Our success in obtaining new
awards and contracts sometimes depends, in part, upon our ability to
locate land that can be leased or acquired, on economically favorable
terms, by us or other entities working with us in conjunction with our
proposal to construct and/or manage a facility. Some locations may be
in or near populous areas and, therefore, may generate legal action or
other forms of opposition from residents in areas surrounding a proposed
site. When we select the intended project site, we attempt to conduct
business in communities where local leaders and residents generally
support the establishment of a privatized correctional or detention
facility. Future efforts to find suitable host communities may not be
successful. We may incur substantial costs in evaluating the feasibility
of the development of a correctional or detention facility. As a result,
we may report significant charges if we decide to abandon efforts to
develop a correctional or detention facility on a particular site. In
many cases, the site selection is made by the contracting governmental
entity. In such cases, site selection may be made for reasons related
to political and/or economic development interests and may lead to the
selection of sites that have less favorable environments.
CCA doesn’t like community opposition, because it reduces CCA’s
ability to site prisons, which adversely affects their bottom line.
Funny how that happens because a private prison company’s main goal
is profit, not rehabilitation, public safety, or justice.
We don’t have to accept a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia.
If we tell the Industrial Authority and CCA no, CCA will probably
go away.
And the more communities that tell CCA no, the less profitable they
will be.
We may face community opposition to facility location, which may adversely affect our ability to obtain new contracts. Our success in obtaining new awards and contracts sometimes depends, in part, upon our ability to locate land that can be leased or acquired, on economically favorable terms, by us or other entities working with us in conjunction with our proposal to construct and/or manage a facility. Some locations may be in or near populous areas and, therefore, may generate legal action or other forms of opposition from residents in areas surrounding a proposed site. When we select the intended project site, we attempt to conduct business in communities where local leaders and residents generally support the establishment of a privatized correctional or detention facility. Future efforts to find suitable host communities may not be successful. We may incur substantial costs in evaluating the feasibility of the development of a correctional or detention facility. As a result, we may report significant charges if we decide to abandon efforts to develop a correctional or detention facility on a particular site. In many cases, the site selection is made by the contracting governmental entity. In such cases, site selection may be made for reasons related to political and/or economic development interests and may lead to the selection of sites that have less favorable environments.
Incarceration of prisoners should not be for profit.