Arizona prisoners and activists call for DOJ Investigation into rape and gang violence in AZ DOC.

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Monday June 09, 2014 · 4:11 PM PDT

2014/06/09 · 16:11

Arizona was recently among one of a handful of states in the country to inform the US Department of Justice that they have no plans of complying with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act. This is my rebuttal of Jan Brewer's assertion that Arizona is already doing such a swell job running its prisons that they need no federal mandates to protect their prisoners from rape and other violence. (EDITED June 26, 2014) Read More

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