“As they are protected and it has been made illegal to sell them, the species has had room to grow and the expectation is that [the population] is increasing.”
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.