Meeting TONIGHT, May 17, 2012

Please attend the Public meeting tonight that Thurston County is hosting regarding the Account Restitution Center (A.R.C.). 

The meeting is tonight, Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 6:30 P.M. at 3013 Ferguson Lane SW in Tumwater, Wa. 

The A.R.C. was built in 2007. The Thurston County Commissioners placed a vote for this facility to ballot and the public rejected the construction of this $45 Million dollar  facility. The county commissioners pushed through this project anyway and had the facility built. This facility has NEVER been occupied and our taxpayers monies continues to be spend to light it and heat it along with the county has hired consultants in efforts to figure out how to "open" this facility for business.

In 2008, the Nisqually Indian Tribe saw that there was a lack of jail bed space in our county. The Nisqually Indian Tribe contracted out jail bed space to our local jurisdictions since Thurston County was unable to accommodate our Misdemeanor offenders. In 2008, The Nisqually Indian Tribe approached Fort Lewis in efforts to find a parcel suitable for a "Regional Jail". In a report from 2008, Fort Lewis is quoted as saying :

"At a minimum, the facility would serve as a jail for adult misdemeanants from tribal and local government juriscdictions (Pierce and Thurston counties, City of Yelm, City of Lacey, etc. ) 200-300 beds, ...There is currently great demand for jail space, but the Tribe needs to move fast to take advantage, else another party (State, couty) will move to fill the void."

It is our position, Stop the Nisqually Jail Association's (SNJ) position that if the A.R.C. had been built and running appropriately the Nisqually Indian Tribe would not have been in a position to take advantage of a jail for profit.

Please attend this meeting tonight to view your opinions on the A.R.C. and against the proposed Nisqually Regional Jail.

Thank you for your attention to this matter,

See additional links below

Justine Schmidt

http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/arc/docs/essential-public-facility-notice_20120503.pdf

Unbelievable Brutality in For Profit Prisons

Nisqually Police Officer Arrested for DUI

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Thurston County's Account Restitution Center (ARC)


9.0 Local Community Use of the ARC
Prior to 2000, a number of local communities contracted with Thurston County for the housing of
their misdemeanant offenders at the jail. Subsequent overcrowding at the jail led to the discontinuation of
this relationship and the failure of the initiative to build a regional justice center that would governed
jointly by the  county the local communities effectively ended discussions of a cooperative approach to
detention needs between Thurston County and nearby communities. With the completion of the ARC,
Thurston County will have detention space available for use if mutually agreeable terms can be worked
out among the parties.
We interviewed local government officials in the all the primary municipalities in Thurston County
to determine the level of interest in potentially leasing jail beds from the county to address their detention
needs. These communities included Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Yelm, and Tenino. All community
leaders expressed strong misgivings over leasing beds from Thurston County based on their past history
on this issue. In all cases, the municipalities have established relationships with other jails that are
currently meeting their needs in an economical, satisfactory manner. The Nisqually Jail, which will soon
be expanded, is the preferred provider of detention services for most of these communities, providing
beds on a guaranteed basis for approximately $50 per day per inmate.

Fire Protection - Who pays for the fire protection for this potential Nisqually Regional Jail?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDAYknzpuNQ&feature=BFa&list=PL3516E643FE11A3DF&lf=plcp&context=C320cbe4PDOEgsToPDskJMY2IRtliNf7fEDglXbWez