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Razor wire to stay in downtown Gainesville

Posted 6:29PM on Wednesday 25th March 2009 ( 16 years ago )
GAINESVILLE - Gainesville City officials said Wednesday Nashville, Tennessee based Corrections Corporation of America plans to house maximum-security convicted felons in addition to illegal immigrants awaiting deportation at its leased facility in the former Hall County Jail on Main Street downtown.

CCA announced March 9th under a five-year Inter-Governmental Service Agreement between Hall County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE),CCA will house up to 500 detainees at the facility.
CCA said it would lease the site from the county for an initial term of 20 years with two five-year renewal options; The company currently anticipates opening the facility possibly the end of April and expects it to be fully occupied yearâ
"So the razor wire will not be going way,” Councilman Danny Dunagan said

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