
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, May 12, 1995                   TAG: 9505150114
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                 LENGTH: Short

PRISON FIRM BUYS TIME ON WYTHE SITE

Corrections Corporation of American has extended its option on a potential private prison site near Wytheville by nine months.

The amount paid by the Nashville, Tenn.-based prison firm for the extension was not disclosed. The company is still waiting for details from the state on contracts to house Virginia prisoners in private facilities.

CCA obtained its original option on a farm tract two miles east of Wytheville late last year. The announcement of its plan to build a 1,500-bed prison in Wythe County has met opposition from a group of citizens, who have organized Citizens Against the Prison to fight location of the facility in this area.

by CNB