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| Other States No Longer Housing AZ Inmates |
| By mohavedailynews.com |
| Published: 11/11/2010 |
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s reliance on other states to house thousands of inmates is over, with the remaining 43 prisoners now being bused back to the state. The state has ended its use of so-called “provisional” beds, a change made as a cost-cutting measure that Gov. Jan Brewer’s January budget proposal said would save the state $86.5 million. An Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman said Wednesday the final group of out-of-state inmates left the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton, Okla., on Tuesday. Arizona had nearly 4,500 male prisoners in three out-of-state prisons under short-term contracts as recently as a year ago. Those included 1,760 at Great Plains; 2,054 at Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Okla.; and 677 at Huerfano County Correctional Center in Walsenburg, Colo. Read More. |
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