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Arizona judge refuses to block private prison beds
By forbes.com - PAUL DAVENPORT
Published: 09/15/2011

PHOENIX -- A judge on Wednesday refused to immediately block Arizona from issuing contracts for 5,000 additional private prison beds.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Arthur Anderson denied a request for a temporary restraining order from a Quaker group that cited concerns about security at private prisons.

Anderson, however, will still consider in the future a request by the American Friends Service Committee for a preliminary injunction to block the state's awarding of new contracts.

In denying the request for a temporary restraining order, Anderson said the group hadn't proved that denial would result in irreparable harm.

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