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| Ducey proceeding with new private prison |
| By azdailysun.com- Howard Fischer |
| Published: 07/21/2015 |
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PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey won't consider scrapping plans for new private prisons no matter what a review of a riot at a Kingman facility shows. And Ducey has no interest in proposing alternatives to incarceration. Gubernatorial press aide Daniel Scarpinato acknowledged Monday that many questions were raised following the incident earlier this month at the privately run facility. State officials were forced to relocate more than 1,000 inmates after the melee, which severely damaged part of the facility. Ducey has since ordered Corrections Director Charles Ryan to find out what happened. And he directed the state agency to postpone by two months, until Sept. 22, taking bids for another 1,000 new prison beds. Read More. |
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