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Arizona's rigid sentencing system has put the state head and shoulders above its neighbors in the use of imprisonment, while pushing the prison system near the breaking point. Justice Strategies has worked since 2003 to document the tremendous fiscal and human cost of Arizona’s sentencing system as well as the failure of privatization to reduce the burden it places on state taxpayers.

Cost-Saving or Cost-Shifting: The Fiscal Impact of Prison Privatization in Arizona

Justice Strategies analysis finds cost-saving claims based on flawed, outdated research.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,

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Arizona Prison Crisis: A Call for Smart On Crime Solutions

Mandatory 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 the

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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 Manageme

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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 esta

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