The blog Cell-Out Arizona reports today on a new budget bill in the Arizona legislature that would make private prison companies less accountable to the public.
Earlier this month a report on the private prison industry by the American Friends Service Committee added to the statewide controversy over the accountability of private prisons in Arizona. Among other findings, the report “revealed that the state overpaid for private prisons by more than $10 million between 2008 and 2010.”
You can read more at Cell-Out Arizona.
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