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Opposition to prison site building as decision rooms
Residents of Grafton oppose Virginia plans to place three new state prisons in the region. Kilgore says sites Gratton/Tazewell and Big Vein/Pocahontas are both under equal consideration with a decision before Christmas. Local activists mail petitions as opposition grows.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Grafton
Virginia Department of Corrections
Commonwealth Secretary of Public Safety
Jerry Kilgore
Gratton
Big Vein
Pocahontas
Kilgore
Scott and
Lee
Friends
Sheets
Ben Barringer