September 12, 2011
Quakers file suit against private prison contracts
A Quaker group filed suit Monday to block the state from awarding any more contracts for private prisons, at least for the time being.
The lawsuit points out the Department of Corrections is supposed to award a contract for 5,000 additional private prison beds as early as the end of the week. Four companies have been chosen as finalists.
GEO Group, whose world headquarters is located in Boca Raton, Fla., has a bid for sites at the Yuma Prison for 2,000 or 3,000 beds. Management and Training Corp., from Centerville, Utah, has a bid for sites in Yuma for 3,000 beds...
LINK - YumaSun.com
