A citizens’ group in Letcher County is challenging the federal government’s plan to build a massive federal prison, saying the Bureau of Prisons has ignored newly discovered environmental hazards on the proposed site. Concerned Letcher Countians contends that the bureau has failed to acknowledge evidence of endangered bat species and flood risks at the Roxana site, which sits on a former coal mine. The group also alleges the agency has not updat…
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