Monday, September 12, 2011

Lawsuit aims to block Arizona private-prison plans

Lawsuit aims to block Arizona private-prison plans: "A group opposed to privatizing prisons filed suit Monday to block, at least temporarily, state plans to contract for 5,000 new private-prison beds as early as Friday.

The state "should not be allowed to hand over another cent of taxpayers' money until the Department (of Corrections) can prove to us that these prisons are safe, that the corporations are doing the job we're paying them to do, and that the state is capable of holding them accountable," said Caroline Isaacs, director of the Tucson office of the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker group that monitors prisons.

The suit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court and a request for a temporary restraining order accuse Arizona's Department of Corrections of failing to follow two state statutes:"

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