Dems Demand Private Prison Security Investigation

In today’s Arizona Republic, Attorney General Terry Goddard and Democratic lawmakers blasted Gov. Jan Brewer over the recent prison fiasco.

Even members of Brewer’s own party said Monday they were concerned about what led to the escape of three violent inmates from a privately run facility near Kingman on July 30. Some are suggesting legislative hearings to investigate what went wrong.

This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2010.