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| Activists Take Private Prison Issue To The Public |
| By kjzz.org- Alexandra Olgin |
| Published: 10/01/2015 |
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Activists are taking the issue of private prisons to the public. Justice advocacy organizations started the campaign the same day private prison companies applied for a new contract with the Arizona Department of Corrections. The company that gets the contract with the state will build or expand a current facility to house 2,000 additional inmates. Caroline Isaacs is with the American Friends Service Committee, a justice advocacy group. She said she’s facilitating the public meetings the legislature never held before voting to expand private prisons. “At no point was the public invited to give their input, the people who were directly impacted by these problems given a chance to speak to what happened to them,” Isaacs said. Isaacs encouraged voters attending the meeting express their dissatisfaction to lawmakers. She is particularly concerned about expanding private facilities after July riots destroyed a portion of a prison in Kingman. Read More. |
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