Thank you to the hundreds of Kentuckians who took action and demanded a better use of half a billion dollars in federal funding than an unnecessary prison in a county still recovering from the devastating 2022 floods.
The open comment period for the FEIS closed August, 12th. As soon as we have an update we will host another community conversation with more information.
For decades, Sierra Club has been fighting the practice of mountaintop removal mining and its disastrous effects on the environment and communities across Appalachia. Now Sierra Club is supporting Letcher County residents who are fighting to stop a reforested and reclaimed mountaintop in Roxana from being cleared and cemented over to build Eastern Kentucky’s fourth federal prison, FCI Letcher. The Federal Bureau of Prisons is targeting this reclaimed mining site for further exploitation under an empty promise of economic development that will destroy over 120 acres of forest habitat and two acres of wetlands, endangering watersheds and wildlife.
Follow the action:
- Email sarah.reeves@sierraclub.org to be added to the communication list and receive an invitation to our next community conversation.
- Check out the recording of our virtual meeting: Save the Mountains, Stop the Prison!
- Follow Building Community Not Prisons (@nonewletcherprison) on Instagram
- Follow Concerned Letcher Countians on Facebook and Instagram
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