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System of placing prisoners was used by janet napolitano, currently homeland security secretary. a college professor who once ran new yorks rikers island prison says private prisons can be effective. but he says he wouldnt let guards at private jails watch violent offenders. >> what couldnt they do? >> they could not arrest. they could not effect an arrest. they were not empowered to. they may not have sufficient training in arrest procedure. they may not have sufficient training in escape preve...

They may not have training in arrest procedure or in escape prevention, riot techniques, responsibilities, responses to emergency situations that could require physical force up to and including deadly physical force. >> reporter: gasten says its important that guards have all that training and certification as so-called peace officers. an official with the states department of corrections tells us guards at arizonas privately run jails like the one in kingman do not have the certification and d...

These statements at the behest of union bosses who back him politically and encourage him to exploit this tragedy. he denies he is acting on behalf of the unions. he says the states system of placing prisoners was used by former democratic governor janet napolitano. a college proffer who once ran new yorks rikers island prison says private prisons can be effective but he wouldnt let private guards watch violent offenders. >> they would not effect an arrest. they may not have sufficient training ...

Janet napolitano who is the homeland security secretary. and now the former reiker island prison warden said he would not let guards at private jails watch violent offenders. >> reporter: what could they not do? >> they could not arrest or effect an arrest, they were not empowered. to they would not have sufficient training in arrest procedure or sufficient training in escape prevention, riot techniques, responsibilities, responses to emergency situations that could require physical force up to,...