August 7, 2011
Oversight lacking for private prisons
The private company that operates the Kingman prison publicly took full responsibility for last year’s breakout, in which escapees were charged with the murder of an Oklahoma couple.
But behind the scenes, Management & Training Corp. clashed with the state over a litany of problems revealed after the escapes: How to improve lax security. Whether the state should pay the company for empty beds after the state, responding to the breakout, removed high-risk prisoners and quit sending new inmates there...
LINK - TucsonCitizen.com
