Despite our successful effort to remove the funding from the Senate’s version of the budget, Rep. Kavanagh just hasn’t gotten the message. He has indicated that he might try to restore the $900,000 handout to GEO Group that the Senate pulled from the budget. The budget will […]
On Friday, March 28, 2014, Arizona Rep. John Kavanagh attempted to give the private for-profit prison company GEO Group a cool $900,000 handout in the Arizona state budget on top of the $45 million they already receive in state contracts. Nevermind that the Arizona Department of Corrections didn’t […]
UPDATE March 31, 2014: SUCCESS! Thanks to the overwhelming outpouring of calls, emails, and support the $900,000 handout was taken out of the budget when the Arizona Senate met today. Thank you all for your help in making an important dent in the contracts awarded to private for-profit […]