The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 9

The PittsburghPress Tuesday, September 30, 1986 Section Private jail in Armstrong County up Jor sale James Baker, spokesman for Citizens for Community Awareness, an anti-private prison group in Sugarcreek, said, "If they sold the place, it would make us happy. But that dosen't solve the issue of private prisons. We don't think it's right to turn that part of the government over to the private sector." Robert Hawk, 268 Center attorney, said the center could have helped lighten the loads of many crowded county prisons. "I'm somewhat puzzled to the intensity of the opposition. I'm puzzled as to how the state can neglect a problem area and then stop someone from dealing with it," Hawk said.