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Report slams private Ariz. prison after escape

Sweeping changes will follow at ASP-Kingsman

By JJ Hensley
The Arizona Republic

The escape of three inmates from an Arizona prison will bring sweeping changes to the privately run facility near Kingman and could alter the way the state’s prison system handles dangerous criminals in years to come.

A state report on the July 30 prison escape details systemic problems ranging from ill-equipped facilities with inadequate oversight to faulty alarm systems and disrespectful inmates, all of which combined to create a lax culture that allowed the inmates to cut through fences and sneak out of the prison’s medium-security facility.

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