I put it to the Home Secretary, that he couldn't find his own arse with both hands.
*Just like he couldn't the Copper standing 100 yards away.
#PrisonGate left open. #PrisonerRelease
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This demonstrates how well Senator King's SB 143 and SB 144 can work for Arkansas. Saving BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars while doing the right thing by the counties of Arkansas.
#PrisonGate #franklincountystrong
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“Are we going to continue to spend spend spend so we can lock people up… or are we going cut taxes and reduce budget accordingly?”
(Full interview: youtu.be/3qts10kV6CA?fe…).
#prisongate #ARpx #ARleg
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Sure seems like a gross oversight that there is no resource for the gov being permitted to appoint Special Associate Justices in her own lawsuit.
How would this ever result in an appointment that shouldn't likewise recuse themselves?
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But by all means, let’s do the exact same thing and expect different results.
This isn’t our only choice. We can do better than this madness.
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TDCJ’s statewide vacancy rate is only 28%. @ADCPIO’s was 37% at last check.
It will not improve by adding 800 positions in a location that does not have the workforce to fill them easily.
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Just got my hands on the Sunset Advisory Commission’s most recent Staff Report on Texas’ correctional system.
Its finding support the critical need to site facilities in non-rural settings.
We can learn from our neighbors or we can repeat their mistakes.
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4:35 to 6:32 discusses Franklin Co. What few new, non-regurgitated, canned statements there are constitute half truths at best.
It is woefully ignorant to call this the best place in the state for this project.
youtu.be/umDBSK7Fkh4?si…
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A note about this image. There are 2 full prisons overlaid on the Franklin Co. site. To the left, @CoreCivic’s La Palma facility in Eloy, AZ. To the right, Utah State Correctional Facility, which went 100% over budget, costing over $1b to build.
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Speaking of privatization…
This is the CEO of CoreCivic. 3 days ago.
Is this where we’re headed?
#franklincountystrong #prisongate #followthemoney #ARpx #ARleg
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Initial project report from @DLRGroup (09/2023) shows new prison having 25.5% less gross square footage, but housing 64% more beds than Cummins.
@OppArkansas this kind of irresponsibility is what the BOC is guarding against by not blindly adding more beds.
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Sounds like the meeting went well and @VanirCM was a done deal before the RFQ was even drafted.
#Arkansas procurement law is a big deal, right…?
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@ArkansasTSS, @ChaferNStanley, and others in @SarahHuckabee’s office met with @VanirCM to discuss the prison in advance of the RFQ going out.
Not a great look given that Profiri is pals with the CA consultant that reps @VanirCM and setup the meetings.
#prisongate #ARpx
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Based on the rate sheet, time scheduled, and attendance list, taxpayers paid Vanir a minimum of $28,320+expenses for the meetings citizens were barred from attending yesterday and today.
Still say this isn't emergent, Bart?
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And here’s the real rub—we have to assume they knew the optics of kicking us out, yet they still viewed that as less publicly damaging than us being privy to the meeting discussions.
Watch for the incoming hard sell PR spin.
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The utter irony of “address concerns” being on the agenda for the meeting while simultaneously trying to have those who have the concerns arrested…
Police state, coming to an Arkansas near you.
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Was just told I was criminally trespassing and had NLRPD called on me for trying to attend a meeting with DOC and Vanir.
“You can leave or you can go to jail.”
Not exactly “very transparent” and begs FOIA violation questions.
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Also, based on an 8 hour work day, 9,912 hours is 1,239 days of work for the project manager, Luann Salado.
That’s ~3.5 years of working 8 hours/day for 365 days/year, or ~4.75 years working every M-F.
Did anyone bother to check their math?
#franklincountystrong #prisongate #mathishard #ARpx
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Since Sen. Hester insists this is not an emergency, I wanted to show the hourly fees the taxpayers are actively incurring to Vanir.
I think we’d all be happier to pay for a hearing and investigation than sending our money to a CA consultant.
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CoreCivic’s La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ is the model for the proposed facility in Franklin County. Here’s its footprint overlaid in the anticipated location on a contour map of the site.
“It’s relatively flat…” - Shelby Johnson.
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A reminder with this incoming cold blast:
Our local water utility says they pray we don’t run out of water overnight when folks drip their faucets.
This is the supply from which the prison intends to pull ~15,000,000 gallons/month.
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“The big elephant” indeed. BOC can’t get a real update on the new build because @SarahHuckabee refuses to let it exercise its mandatory oversight of the process.
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They can’t hire. They won’t be able to hire in Franklin County. Lindsay knows it. Anne says we can’t “hire south of the river.” This has been doomed from the start.
Is @SarahHuckabee petty enough to setup @ADCPIO to fail?
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Really all that matters to DOC is more beds and “bodies [being] in them.” Complete disregard for any impact of their actions. Of course, behind the scenes, this is all directed by HRH SHS and her AZ henchman, Joe Profiri.
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TSS/DBA trying to get out of the line of fire.
It’s not like we didn’t know HRH SHS was pulling all the strings (and defying a court order in doing so) but it’s nice to have it confirmed in writing.
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@IN_IT_THE_BOOK I have a friend teaching literacy in prison.... the contract issue is major....follow the ££££ #prisongate
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