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Arizona eyes more private prison contracts
A company that operates an Arizona prison where three violent offenders escaped last year is among four firms that the Arizona Department of Corrections is proposing be awarded new prison bed contracts.
Top AZ movers and shakers of 2010
2010 was Gov. Jan Brewer's year, but here's a list of the five other most significant people in Arizona politics this year.
Arizona to revamp request for private prison bids
Three inmates' escape from a privately operated state prison near Kingman has prompted Arizona to start over on getting bids from private prison companies for 5,000 additional beds.
Series of security failures allowed inmates’ escape
A broken alarm system and two security officers who missed a hole in the fence on their rounds were among a series of failures that led to the escape of three convicted murderers from a private prison in Kingman July 30.
Arizona’s tough-on-crime stance costs big bucks
Crime in Arizona has dramatically declined this decade, but the number of Arizonans in prison continues to climb and has grown by nearly 50 percent since 2002, thanks in part to the creation of new crimes and tougher sentencing guidelines. Supporters of the tough-on-crime approach say the figures show that the laws are doing what is intended: making Arizona safer by keeping dangerous criminals [...]
