Our Work
BCNP and its coalition members regularly advocate in multiple forums to stop the construction of a new federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky. You can review our work below.
Congressional Advocacy
1. Letter to Appropriations Committee Stop 219, Organizational Sign-on Letter
Sept 19, 2023
2. Letter to Rules Committee
Nov 14, 2023
3. Letter to Appropriations Committee
July 8, 2024
4. Written Testimony Before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
1) Emily H. Posner | General Counsel, Voice of The Experienced
2) Ashley Wilkes | Executive Director, Kentucky Resources Center, INC.
3) Hugh J. Hurwitz | Former BOP Director
4) Dr. Artie Ann Bates | Secretary, Concerned Letcher Countians
Bureau of Prisons Advocacy
1. Letter to BOP
Re: Irregularities concerning the proposed FCI Letcher
Dec 14, 2023
National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) Comments
Dr. Artie Ann Bates | Mental Health Comment
Jonathan Hootman | Endangered Bat Biologist Comment
Hugh Hurwitz | Former BOP Director Comment
Institute to End Mass Incarceration Comments
Kentucky Resource Center Comments
Dr. Beverly May | Radon Comment
Dr. Beverly May | Silica Comment
Dr. Beverly May | Subsidence Comment
NLG Chicago | Public Comment Opposing FCI Letcher
Dr. David Pellow et al | Environmental Justice Comment
Dr. David Simonton | Engineering and Computer Science Comment
Casey Swecker | Malacologist Comment
Carlton Williams | Assistant Clinic Professor Cornell Comment
This excerpt from the EIS reveals what many had suspected: the Bureau of Prisons only expects to produce “minor benefits” for employment and income.