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| Arizona postpones bidding for more private prisons |
| By azcentral.com- Craig Harris |
| Published: 07/15/2015 |
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The Arizona Department of Corrections has postponed by two months the application deadline for bidders to run a new private prison, citing the need to focus on recent riots at a private prison near Kingman. The deadline was extended to Sept. 22. The state wants to outsource 1,000 more medium-security beds this fiscal year. The DOC also wants another 1,000 beds next year, pending legislative approval, because of overcrowding in state facilities. Andrew Wilder, a DOC spokesman, said Monday that moving the deadline "allows for the completion of the assessment on the recent incidents at the Kingman private prison." Gov. Doug Ducey has called for an investigation of what occurred. Inmates at the private prison, operated by Management & Training Corp., rioted around the July 4 holiday. The melee destroyed living quarters and DOC was forced to evacuate more than 1,000 inmates to other facilities, including county jails. Read More. |
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