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PHOENIX — Arizona’s use of private prisons does not violate the rights of inmates, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
It also does not amount to slavery, wrote Judge Kenneth Lee for the three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, despite arguments to the contrary by attorneys for the state NAACP.
The decision leaves intact moves by state lawmakers over the years to increasingly contract with companies that run private prisons in what they have argued is a bid to save money.
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