{"id":6761,"date":"2016-06-26T02:38:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T06:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2016-07-05T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T18:38:08","slug":"state-considers-reopening-private-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/06\/26\/state-considers-reopening-private-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"State Considers Reopening Private Prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/11\/13\/ohio-man-charged-in-2005-fort-knox-murder\/jail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/jail.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/jail.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/jail.jpg?resize=275%2C183\" alt=\"jail\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2007\" \/><br \/>\nKentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary John Tilley says he is considering temporarily reopening two private prisons to ease overcrowding.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kentucky stopped housing inmates in private prisons in 2013. But recent unexpected growth in the number of prisoners has left both state prisons and county jails at capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Tilley says the idea of reopening the Marion Adjustment Center in St. Mary and the Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville seems like the only viable option in the short term.<\/p>\n<p>The two prisons are owned by the Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America and are still are being maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Another CCA-owned facility in Kentucky closed in 2012 amid reports of sexual abuse. Tilley says the state&#8217;s top priority would be accountability if the other private prisons are reopened.<br \/>\nSource:  AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary John Tilley says he is considering temporarily reopening two private prisons to ease overcrowding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":2007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/jail.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-1L3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 14:07:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6762,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions\/6762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}