WE LIVE near to the proposed site for a new jail on Oxley Ln.
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And so have been following the story closely. I used to live near to Wellington and was aware that a new jail had been built there.
That town was (or still is) dying a slow death, with shops such as the second supermarket closing, and the main street desolate of shoppers.
A jail would have had little opposition.
However, Tamworth is a vibrant, big and growing town, as we know, and so a jail or not is not an issue.
Perhaps if, like other new jails, it is privately built and operated, there will be few benefits to Tamworth residents and plenty of angst.
Okay, it sounds like a case of “not in my backyard”, but why not build the new jail in a smaller town that is small and struggling?
Not in Tamworth, the centre of all things country, not criminal!
S Kelly
Tamworth