wellborn my hometown

Warden Jim Witt (center) welcomed a group of fifteen interested citizens of Wellborn to particpate in an hour long tour of the new Suwannee County Prison which is already housing 57 work camp inmates and will evenutally become a facility to house 3300 male inmates in a self contained and self sufficient community.
In the photo Warden Jim Witt stands between his Assistant Warden, Johnny Reid, and Major Don Crawford. Major Crawford has accumulated 20 years working in the prison system and he says of Warden Jim Witt., "You are lucky to have him. He is good man, good at his job, and genuinely cares about people". All three men have attachments to Suwannee County. Jim Witt (warden) was born in Mayo. He came to this particular state of the art facility with 6 years direct experience in the prison system. Major Crawford was born in Starke but raised in Lake City, has been working full time at our prison for a year now. Johnny Reid assured the group that local job seekers are favored as staff.
These three men shared their conviction that every possible measure is taken to make it possible for them to be good neighbors to us. Every kind of security is in place: There are razor wire topped fences, triple deep in some places, with motion detectors, electric fence. alarms, armed security checks. door locks controlled from a central tower, checks and double checks and checks on the double checks for every detail. 9 generators can be operational so that all these electricly controlled things will always have power. A two mile radius zone of notfication to homeowners is established and may be enlarged to notify if there were an escape which seems highly unlikely. There will be mock escape drills so if you see patrol cars and men with guns and dogs, it could well be a practice drill.