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Governor pulls plug on private prison contract
By verdenews.com- Howard Fischer
Published: 08/27/2015

PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday cancelled the contract with a private company which has been operating a prison for the state where inmates rioted last month and left much of it "uninhabitable.'

"What happened at Kingman was frightening, disturbing and completely unacceptable,' the governor said at a news conference. He said Management and Training Corp. will be required to surrender the facility and the nine years remaining on its contract to another private company.

Ducey also said the company will be required to make repairs at its own expense following several days of disturbances which resulted in more than 1,200 inmates having to be moved elsewhere.

An investigation by the Department of Corrections ordered by Ducey concluded there was a "culture of disorganization, disengagement and disregard' for state Department of Corrections policies and "fundamental inmate management and security principles.'

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