McCain, North Carolina: Small Town Has Prison, Turkey Processing Plant

Last weekend NPR did a report on the towns of Obama, Japan and McCain, North Carolina. Of McCain they say "what's left of it is a prison, down the road from the country's largest turkey processing plant (so the prison cafeteria serves some kind of turkey almost every day)."

McCain used to be a full-fledged village with a post office, dairy barn, and ice plant, back when it was home to a Tuberculosis sanatorium. But now the only people who live there are 360 sick and aged men locked up in the North Carolina state prison system, and, like the residents of Obama, Japan, they cannot vote.

"No, ma'am. They are inmates," explains Roman Jacobs, a recently retired corrections officer. He worked in McCain for 32 years and his daughter works there now. So who is Jacobs backing for President?

"Oh, I lean towards McCain," he says. He's a registered Democrat, so I ask him if he's partial to McCain the candidate because he worked in McCain the place for so long. "It has nothing to do with it," he assures me.

Jacobs says he likes John McCain's experience, and his stance on national security. But he also likes McCain's attitude on the campaign trail. It reminds Jacobs of his own approach as a guard at McCain prison.

We tried to find pictures, video, something about McCain, North Carolina, but not a whole lot turned up besides information about the prison, McCain Correctional Hospital. Even the local FOX News affiliate doesn't seem to know much. We didn't find any events going on there either. But at least would could find it on a map!

Do you know anything about McCain, North Carolina? If so, please share below.

Comments

[parker313]

Hoke County went 59% for Obama last night!

[parker313]

http://www.lwshomes.com/community_details.asp?id=38 is a subdivision in McCain, featuring large lots and nice homes. There is NOTHING else in the area though! It's a very pretty area but also very economically depressed other than the military folks who live there b/c of the short commute to post.

[SEREIA]

IT SEEMS THAT THE "MCCAIN TOWN" WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED "SANATORIUM"
THE SITE BELOW SHOWS A PICTURE OF A POSTCARD OF THE SANATORIUM.

Pumping station and open air cottages at the North Carolina Sate Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Sanatorium, N.C., (now McCain, N.C.), 1915. A caption on the back reads, “Tuberculosis is contagious through the expectoration. Don’t expectorate, except in a sputum cup, paper or cloth, and burn it.”

http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/event/exhibit/Sanatorium.jpg

[jkmelvi]

I grew up close to there. My mother and aunt were a nurses at the TB sanatorium for a time. My uncle was a guard at the youth prison. My dad gave a lot of apparel to youth prisoners every Christmas from his clothing store in nearby Aberdeen where I grew up. When I went through Special Forces training many years ago, one of the training exercises ended with a trek through the woods near McCain to get from Camp McCall back to the Ft Bragg reservation - both very close to McCain.
McCain and neighboring areas composed to good hardworking Americans with Christian and traditional values. I'm am thankful to have been raised in the area.
Because of his stand on Iraq and choice of Paline as "next in command" I can not support McCain even though I am a registered Republican, plus Obama-Biden offer a lot that our Country is badly in need of.

[glaze]

Do all the turkeys have only right wings?

In the event of a national emergency, could the average Governor of Alaska tell the difference between the prison and the turkey farm? Would she care?

A pig, a moose, a pit bull and a turkey, all with lipstick, walk into a bar- and knock them selves out cold.

[Wilburrr]

I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the place that an honest weeks work with a bulldozer couldn't fix.

[jrocch]

Really? It's these kinds of comments that make people who are on the fence lean towards the right. I've lived in NC my whole life and love every piece of it. I admit that growing up in Chapel Hill probably influenced my own left leaning politics, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to hate on the rest of my mostly rural state. These towns that are struggling in the south don't need to be bulldozed, they need to be helped. Yes, sometimes the people in them have been brain washed into identifying with politicians and policies that are absolutely horrible for them but that doesn't mean they need to be wiped off the planet. Shame on you!!

[GoCards1978]

Start taking your meds again, Wilburrr. Most people don't aspire to be bigger dicks than Cheney for good reason.

[BabsfromKansas]

p.rison turkeys.ki­nd of sums it all up!

[obamagal]

Eight words of brilliance! :o)

[NoMoFearNoMoHate]

"It reminds Jacobs of his own approach as a guard at McCain prison."

This takes "My fellow prisoners.­.." to a whole new level...

... and is probably the grossest condemnation of a Presidential campaign that I have ever read.

[cooket]

I lived there as a kid. I'm in college now in Cincinnati,Ohio.

Yeah, we have a turkey plant there. There are a lot of minorities that work there -- especially illegal immigrants. John McCain would perpetuate the mexican slave trade there.

[1differentdrummer]

"Experience" is code for color.

[Cakey4814]

Yep.."lean­ing towards McCain" but registered Democrat. Just say it..can't vote for a Black man..

[NoMoFearNoMoHate]

Did anyone see the C-Span Ohio undecided voter group (they were all white) and one could not give a reason why she was going to vote Republican for the first time after 40 years of voting... a gut feeling she called it... sad.

[HuffingtonPostNC]

There is absolutely the possibility of a racist motive in his response; HOWEVER, there are still a lot of Old Time Southern Democrats in this area that still vote Democrat in local and state elections, but not nationally. I'd bet he didn't vote for John Kerry either.

[thepeoplechoose]

I'm a bit put off at some of the comments because, while a yank all the way, I served three years at Bragg and North Carolina in general and I really liked the area. There is an awful lot to do and see there. I especially liked the people. This was a long time ago so it may not be the same today. I was pretty much a flaming liberal then just as I am today but I never sensed it made much difference. I've lived in 12 different states and North Carolina and the State of Washington are my two favorites.

Having lived in so many places I have come to think that its unfair to make judgements about places unless you have really had a chance to know them up close and personal. There are places I happen to think aren't as nice and that is probably about the people. I lived well off post while I was there and maybe that made a difference for me. It's my experience the people of North Carolina are among the nicest and friendliest you'll ever meet. For those who have experienced it you just can't beat a few days on the Outer Banks, I like Ocracoke, just passing the time surf fishing and taking in the local scene. Late October is the best time. You have miles and miles of beach all to yourself. It is one of the greatest places in the country.

[nurseattorney]

Have lived in central NC for 15+ years. Wish everyday I could move back to Massachusetts. I will when I retire. The people here are friendly if you are a white Baptist conservative. The first question I was asked by every neighbor and co-worker when I moved here was what church I belonged to and whether I was "born again." Upon learning that I neither attended a church, nor was I interested in doing so, I have had no further contact with any one of my neighbors.

[JBS]

Well then, count your blessings.

[GoCards1978]

Hear, hear! Fishing anywhere in North Carolina is pure pleasure and a taste of Heaven on Earth.

[DirkNLExpat]

Mac 's speech to the kids' ''My dear little friends'' I graduated almost at the bottom of my class and yet I was fortunate enough to take part in the napalming of kids and their moms just like you. Of course, they were worthless gooks but nevertheless it shows you can become anything in America.

[AnnArky]

McCain unable.

[DANISMOM]

why would we want to know anymore about mccain? haven't we had enough? they should rename their town after the election: Obamaville anyone?

[alvdh1]

It could be renamed as Ghost Town, thanks to GWB and the likes of McCain as a reminder of what happens when Washington forgets that this nation is founded on we the people and not we the corporation.

[MANifestDestiny07]

Or we could always call it Silent Hill or Racoon City. Sure sounds like something out of a horror movie. Yet McCain makes excuses for businesses that outsource.

Obama (JP)= diversity
McCain (NC)= prison and old turkey

[cae1023]

Also a native Tar Heel...nev­er heard of McCain, and I've lived in many teeny towns in the state.