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| Budget Crisis Halts Renewal of CCA Conract in Arizona |
| By associatedcontent.com |
| Published: 02/08/2010 |
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Recent fears also include talk the state will resort to handing out IOU's in lieu of pay to state employees, beginning sometime in the coming weeks. State Treasurer Dean Martin suggests the move is unavoidable. The Governor claims these measures won't affect corrections, but not everyone is convinced. Martin also suggested at a press conference, held in Phoenix in early January 2010, that half the state's budget crisis could, and should, be immediately remedied by the Federal government writing a check totaling $1 billion. Martin insisted that Federal law promises to reimburse states for housing illegal aliens convicted of crimes. In Arizona, illegal immigration has a profound impact on the state prison system, and Martin was not subtle in directing his press conference-turned-collections-attempt at now-Homeland Security Secretary, former-Arizona Governor, Janet Napolitano. Dean Martin denied that the plea was merely a publicity stunt, instead referring to Federal law he said entitles Arizona to the funds. More evidence of Arizona's financial contraints and cut-backs, the state is not renewing an out-of-state contract with private, for-profit prison operators, Corrections Corporation of America. Under a contract set to expire in March, CCA currently houses many inmates for the state of Arizona in a 750-bed facility called the Huerfano County Correctional Center. The privately-run, government-cooperative facility is located in Walsenburg, Colorado. CCA also houses Arizona inmates in a "state of the art" prison in Oklahoma, called the Diamondback Correctional Facility. Read More. |
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