Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
by LAURA SULLIVAN, NPR, October 28, 2010 …. He asked them how would they possibly keep a prison full for years — decades even — with illegal immigrants? “They talked like they didn’t have any doubt...
View ArticlePrivatization of prisons, parks supported by Gould, McLain
Source: Suzanne Adams, Kingman Daily Miner, 12/6/2010 KINGMAN – Two local legislators are in favor of a state commission’s recommendation to privatize state parks and increase the use of private...
View ArticleStates to try outsourcing economic development
Source: Melissa Maynard, Stateline.org, December 9, 2010 The normally low-profile Ohio Development Department suddenly found itself at the center of gubernatorial politics this summer — and its very...
View ArticleRed-light cameras go dark across state
Source: Joshua Emerson Smith, California Watch Blog, December 13, 2010 While the state collects millions of dollars from red-light cameras at intersections, a few California cities are starting to...
View ArticleWatchdog Group Raises Concerns Over Lack of Transparency for Proposed...
Source: Arizona Public Interest Research Group, Press Release, February 16, 2011 Governor Jan Brewer and legislative leaders recently announced the introduction of a “jobs bill,” which includes a...
View ArticlePower Back On After Garbage Truck Downs Lines
Source: KPHO, February 9, 2011 Power was restored to about 50 Salt River Project customers about 8:10 a.m. Wednesday after a garbage truck backed into a power pole and knocked down the electrical...
View ArticleAriz. economic growth messages: Ethics, education
Source: Paul Davenport, Associated Press, March 29, 2011 Arizona Commerce Authority leaders on Tuesday put its board members on notice that they won’t tolerate self-dealing within the new quasi-private...
View ArticleBrewer vetoes Ariz. bill to require cities to consider putting some services...
Source: Associated Press, April 28, 2011 Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill to require two most populous cities to consider awarding contracts to private businesses to perform some city services....
View ArticleWriters on the Range: Privatization threatens an Arizona national forest
Source: Kitty Benzar, Summit Daily News, April 27, 2011 …As in a fairy tale, public lands have fallen under an evil spell. Now the most popular of them sport high-end facilities with prices set to...
View ArticlePrivate Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings
Source: Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, May 18, 2011 The conviction that private prisons save money helped drive more than 30 states to turn to them for housing inmates. But Arizona shows that...
View ArticleJobs To Be Lost When AHCCCS Contracts Go Private / Out-Of-State Companies...
Source: Jason Barry, KPHO.com, May 20, 2011 FLORENCE, Ariz. — Hundreds of Arizona health care workers may soon be out of a job after a recent decision by state leaders to award some new health care...
View ArticleSupervisors cut five County staff positions
Source: Chase Kamp, Today Publications, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted at their May 25, 2011 meeting to eliminate four total staff positions, two from the human...
View ArticleState to privatize ADOC health care
Source: Walter Mares, Copper Era, Sunday, June 19, 2011 The state’s effort to privatize health services for the Arizona Department of Corrections, a move that appeared dead in January, now appears to...
View ArticlePublicopoly Exposed / How ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allies...
Source: Beau Hodai, In These Times, July 11, 2011 On February 25, 2011, Florida State Representative Chris Dorworth (R-Lake Mary) introduced HB 1021. The bill sought to curtail the political power of...
View ArticleArizona prison oversight lacking for private facilities
Source: Bob Ortega, Arizona Republic News, August 07, 2011 The private company that operates the Kingman prison publicly took full responsibility for last year’s breakout, in which escapees were...
View ArticleAFSC Sues Arizona Over Private Prisons
Source: Jamie Ross, Courthouse News, September 16, 2011 The American Friends Service Committee asked a Superior Court judge to block Arizona from awarding private prisons any contracts to house 5,000...
View ArticleDecline in Arizona inmate numbers raises questions / Push for more...
Source: Bob Ortega, Arizona Republic, November 4, 2011 For two years, Arizona’s Department of Corrections has been trying to award a contract for 5,000 more private-prison beds….But now, after the...
View ArticlePublic Safety Personnel, Corrections Officer, and Elected Officials’...
Source: State of Arizona, Office of the Auditor General, Financial Audit Division, Procedural Review, November 2011 From the highlights: The Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS),...
View ArticleArizona lawmakers say they will build border fence
Source: Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press, November 25, 2011 Arizona is taking on immigration once again, with state lawmakers collecting donations from the public to put fencing along every inch of...
View ArticlePrison inmates in Arizona crying foul over medical care / State to...
Source: Bob Ortega, Arizona Republic, December 5, 2011 To stave off a lawsuit, Arizona’s Department of Corrections has agreed to investigate scores of complaints by inmates that they are routinely...
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