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For Kentucky town, a prison in their backyard could mean survival

Name: For Kentucky town, a prison in their backyard could mean survival
Uploaded: 2018-03-22T18:06:21.000Z
Duration: 5 min 44 s
Description: After the coal mines that drove the economy of Letcher County shut down, residents of this remote part of eastern Kentucky turned to a new project to save their community: a federal prison.

After the coal mines that drove the economy of Letcher County shut down, residents of this remote part of eastern Kentucky turned to a new project to save their community: a federal prison.