AZ review shows private prisons cost more - So legislature ends the study. [View all]

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FRI MAY 04, 2012 AT 03:27 AM PDT
AZ review shows private prisons cost more. So legislature ends the study.
by Mother Mags

If you're a state hellbent on turning corrections over to the for-profit prison industry, what do you do when an annual survey shows that private jails are often more expensive than the old fashioned public variety? Especially if, by law, the state may contract for private prisons only if they prove to be less expensive? Simple, just eliminate that pesky study.

Buried in the $8.6 billion budget proposal passed at the state Capitol this week is a plan to "eliminate the requirement for a quality and cost review of private prison contracts."

It means there would no longer be an annual review of how private prisons operate.
CBS5.com http://www.kpho.com/story/18143695/state-lawmakers-look-to-ease-oversight-on-private-prisons

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/04/1088662/-AZ-review-shows-private-prisons-cost-more-So-legislature-ends-the-study-