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ARIZONA
Cost-Saving or Cost-Shifting: The Fiscal Impact of Prison Privatization in ArizonaJustice Strategies analysis finds cost-saving claims based on flawed, outdated research. Arizona’s corrections budget has doubled over the last fifteen years, placing a tremendous burden on taxpayers and on the families of state university students. Despite the growth in corrections spending,read more Arizona Prison Crisis: A Call for Smart On Crime SolutionsMandatory sentencing laws fuel overcrowding, fill prisons with substance abusers With the ninth highest rate of incarceration in the nation, Arizona has become the incarceration capital of the western United States. The rate of prison population growth in 2002 was twice the regional average and theread more Report: No reliable data on private prison savings (AZ)(The Explorer News - Ryan J. Stanton - March 30, 2005)  It was 11 years ago when Arizona first entered the business of outsourcing its corrections operations to private, for-profit corporations with the approval of a privately-run state prison in Marana.The contract was awarded to Managemeread more Arizona lawmakers join call for sentencing reform(May 12, 2004)  Respected Republican Rep. Bill Konopnicki (R – Stafford) and Sen. Carolyn Allen (R – Scottsdale) welcomed the release of a report blaming the growth in incarceration on Arizona’s rigid mandatory sentencing laws, and they pledged to support legislation estaread more |
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