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| Corrections Budget Calls for 1,000 New State Prison Beds |
| By azpm.org- Christopher Conover |
| Published: 02/03/2016 |
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The $1.1 billion dollar corrections budget includes a request for 1,000 new prison beds. The current budget authorized 1,000 beds to be built in fiscal 2017, which begins in July. Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said it sounds like state lawmakers have no choice but to approve the money for the new beds. “If we didn’t do the thousand beds in '17 then we would have a 7,000 bed overcrowding situation in the prisons,” said Sen. Kavanagh Read More. |
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