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Arizona Privatizes Health Care in State Prison System
Loaded on May 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2012, page 36
On April 27, 2011, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law House Bill 2154, which resulted in the privatization of medical care for prisoners in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). The move comes three years after ADC’s food services were privatized. The Republican-dominated state government favors privatization as a ...
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Private Contractors,
News,
State Legislation.
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Arizona.
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