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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSINCE 1996, US AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT GAVE OVER $277 MILLION TO FUND LOCAL JAIL CONSTRUCTION
The United States Department of Agriculture provided over $277 million in funding for county jail construction since 1996, according to documents obtained by Shadowproof.
The funding came in the form of grants and long-term low-interest loans through the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program run by the USDAs Rural Development agency.
Small rural communities are supposed to benefit from the CF program, which is designed to assist residents with the purchase, construction, or renovation of essential buildings, such as hospitals, town halls, libraries, and food pantries. It also funds public safety facilities for fire, law enforcement, and corrections departments.
CF program loans typically have a thirty to forty-year term with fixed interest rates set by the agency (usually around three-to-four percent). Grants are awarded primarily to small and impoverished counties and can only account for a maximum of 75 percent of the proposed project costs. Some counties received a mix of grants and loans.
North Carolina received the most money from the program over the last 20 years, with counties taking $66.7 million in loans since 2005. Their most recent loan was for nearly $20 million to renovate and expand the Bladen County Jail in August, 2015.
https://shadowproof.com/2018/06/06/277-million-usda-jail-construction-boom/
dhol82
(9,353 posts)They are trying to convince rural people that they will make more money with felons than they would make with pickers?
This is mind bending!
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)construction.......................and I thought it was something else all of these years..................
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Do these people not think?
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)amazing.....................
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/IND20388150/PDF
Not even on 60 minutes broadcast this year, but the public got this................
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-presents-behind-bars-prison/
Ex Lurker
(3,816 posts)The old jail was on the top floor of the courthouse and was falling apart, so maybe it was necessary, I don't know.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)and vegetables lacking inspectors, but they can spend money on jails................just saying