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Arizona DOC Raids Prisoner-Generated Funds to Pay for Lock Repairs; Whistleblower Says Records Being Falsified
Loaded on May 1, 2020
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2020, page 54
Filed under:
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Location:
Arizona.
by Matt Clarke
After the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) received $17.7 million from the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Capital Review to repair defective cell locks at a maximum-security prison, a whistleblower revealed that paperwork showing the repairs had been made was falsified, The Arizona Republic reported in December ...
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