Far From Home
(Federal prisoners are not included in the report.) The farthest move: prisoners from Hawaii who are incarcerated in Arizona. Inmates describe being awakened in the middle of the night and loaded onto buses … The GEO Group, formerly Wackenhut …
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How bureaucrats thwart compassionate release of elderly and terminally ill …
At the federal prison camp in Phoenix, Arizona, she saw her children every week, completed a parenting class, took college courses, and graduated from a drug rehab program. The assistant U.S. attorney who tried Barnes' case said she believed it was “a …
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Homeless female vets' families to get a new place of refuge
Last year, 133 Arizona agencies received $ 2.74 million to help at-risk children and families, improve educational skills, aid victims of domestic violence, and serve the elderly. Since 1993, more than $ 51million have been distributed through … “It …
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