They must, because they voted 22-0 to pass along a bill that permits employees of private prisons to train at a Commonwealth-funded training facility in Lynchburg. I have written about this before, in terms of the sponsor of this bill, Watkins Abbitt.
You will notice that none of the legislators live in this area, and will not be needlessly bothered by the typically inhumane treatment in our prisons, private or not.
The bill, HB2624, benefits the Geo Group, a company who specializes in private prison administration. Lack of medical care at their facilities has caused 2 riots in the last 70 days, (one facility) in Reeve County, Texas.
Clay Athey (R-18 )
William Barlow (D-64)
Danny Bowling (D-3)
Bill Carrico (R-5)
Ben Cline (R-24)
Todd Gilbert (R-15)
Morgan Griffith (R-8 )
Charniele Herring (D-46)
Bill Janis (R-56)
Terry Kilgore (R-1)
Lynwood Lewis (D-100)
Scott Lingamfelter (R-31)
Don Merricks (R-16)
Paula Miller (D-87)
Dave Nutter (R-7)
Charles Poindexter (R-9)
David Poisson (D-32)
Jim Scott (D-53)
Beverly Sherwood (R-29)
Jim Shuler (D-12)
Roslyn Tyler (D-75)
Tom Wright (R-61)
It doesn’t matter to me who is on this list, Democrat or Republican. This is a bad idea, and one that will allow this private immigration prison to go forward in Farmville. Shame on them, every one of them.
[...] what we did. 150-200 people gathered, young and old, tall and small, to protest the building of a private immigrant detention center (prison) in Farmville. This protest almost didn’t materialize when Farmville made it very difficult to get a permit [...]