Welcome to The Hump Day Hall of Shame: Every Wednesday we highlight the private prison industry’s influence on public policy through campaign contributions, lobbying, and the revolving door of public and private corrections.
This week, we return to Arizona, familiar territory for our Humpday Hall of Shame. Not only did private prison corporations reportedly play a role in driving that's state's harsh anti-immigrant law, now comes a two-part expose on the Arizona Departement of Corrections-contracted private prisons from the American Friends Service Committee.
In Part I of their series, they show that not only do for-profit prisons not save money, but that state officials have known that fact for quite some time. However state law had mandated that-profit prison corporations show cost savings during the competitive bidding process before a contract is awarded.
In Part II, AFSC shows private prison contracts in Arizona have been amended to promise 100% occupancy of private facilities. See excerpts from the report after the jump.
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