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| Prison Construction Proceeds Without Official OK |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 07/30/2003 |
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An Oklahoma company is going ahead with construction of a 1,400-bed prison even though the Arizona Department of Corrections has not given its official approval. Department of Corrections spokesman Mike Arra said the lack of a formal ''notice to proceed'' is because Dora Schriro has recently been appointed to head the department. Schriro has been traveling across Arizona to see the prisons she is to manage, he said. ''She just has not gotten around to signing the notice to proceed yet,'' Arra said. ''At this point it does not mean that anything (being built) was stopped.'' Although the notice may be a paperwork issue, it is preventing companies involved in the project from issuing about $60 million in bonds to pay for construction, said Jim Hunter, a vice president with The Dominion. Dominion Correctional Services LLC is building the jail. Its parent company is The Dominion, of Edmond, Okla. Despite the financial complication, Hunter said construction is going forward and the prison should be ready to accept the first group of inmates in November. The prison is being built on 196 acres near Interstate 40. Once finished, it will be managed by Management and Training Corp. of Centerville, Utah. It will eventually house about 1,400 male inmates convicted of felony driving under the influence. |
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