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Posts Tagged ‘Building Community Not Prisons’

Home on the Range … in Appalachia?

By Abby Hassler | January 28, 2026 | 1
Bison stares at camera in the cold, snowy land. Photo by Klaus Stebani via Pixabay

In Letcher County, Kentucky, the Appalachian Rekindling Project, an Indigenous, women-led organization, is seeking to reintroduce bison to the region on 63 acres of a reclaimed mountaintop removal coal mine.

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Indigenous Organization Acquires Land on Proposed Federal Prison Site in Kentucky

By Abby Hassler | July 23, 2025 | 0
Opponents of FCI/FPC Letcher distribute yard signs at an event hosted by Concerned Letcher Countians in March 2024. Photo by Willie Dodson

A controversial proposed prison site in Letcher County, Kentucky, is facing new barriers thanks to a community-based Indigenous organization and new suggested budget cuts from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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