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Suit seeks to block more private prison beds
A lawsuit filed in an Arizona court cites security concerns as it seeks to prevent the state from issuing contracts for 5,000 additional private prison beds.
Quakers threaten lawsuit over private prisons
A Quaker organization and a West Valley advocacy group are making last-minute efforts to stop the state from building private prisons.
Cost-benefit study of prisons late, but state going ahead with 5,000 more private beds
The Department of Corrections has long been out of compliance with a law requiring the director to complete a cost-benefit analysis comparing private and state-run prisons every two years.
DOC Director Charles Ryan, who took over the job in January 2009, said he started working on his analysis a few months ago.
But House Minority Leader Chad Campbell insists that’s not [...]
Goddard says Arizona too easy on private prisons
The presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, Attorney General Terry Goddard, says the public is at risk in Arizona because of what he calls "a climate of permissiveness" toward private prisons.
