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Example. they separated themselves off from the rest of the county and sandy springs itself actually interesting fact herman cain lives there. it's like a wealthy enclave. >> growing 30% minority population. >> within this particular county. still, a wealthy enclave anyone would say. so it's a little bit of a unique circumstance. i would say we also have a lot of examples of prison privatization. arizona in particular has been very aggressive about privatizing their prisons in an attempt to control costs and they found that actually a lot of times they're paying more per prisoner and private p...

After this incredible record of achievement, afty all of these prison escapes from private prisons, how did the state of arizona decide to proceed with the issue of prison privatization? even as prison privatization declines around the country, even as state budget cuts make it so that many states are closing facilities or reducing their sentencing guidelines, so that fewer people are in prison altogether, how did the state of arizona decide to proceed? last year arizona state officials moved legislation to try to privatize the whole state prison system. arizona planned to "seek bids from pri...

After setting up the abu ghraib prison for american use, lane mccotter left iraq just before the abu ghraib prison abuse scandal broke. meanwhile, the for-profit prison companies here at home were working their magic, including in arizona. in september 2007, two convicted murderers broke out of a private prison in arizona using ladders that they'd stolen from a maintenance building. in 1997, a convicted murderer and a sex offender broke out another arizona private prison. one year earlier in 1996, three other prisoners broke out another private prison. after this incredible record ofç achieve...