Source: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) of Arizona, July 24, 2012

Documents recently obtained by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) show that the state of Arizona deliberately circumvented and ultimately repealed a state law requiring private for-profit prison corporations to demonstrate cost savings in their bids on new prison contracts. These records reveal that the state was aware that existing private prison contracts were not saving the state money-despite state laws requiring private prison contractors to deliver such savings.