Defend Public Safety, Help Stop Privatization Today
To All Concerned Citizens of Arizona, Welcome to the AZCPOA Local 7077 website for one-stop information regarding our fight to stop the privatization of the Arizona Department of Corrections. The 2009 legislative session resulted in th e passing of House Bill, HB2010 allows for private prison companies to make bids to take over most or all of the Arizona State prison complexes.
Currently, most of our prison system is run by professionally trained Correctional Staff. Corrections Officers go through a 9 week academy covering a curriculum that is provided by the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board. Once Officers graduate, they take an oath to uphold state laws and constitutional protections. Every year, they must complete refresher training that keeps them abreast of the latest information regarding their job.
Private prison corporations are in business to make a profit and they accomplish this is by paying less money to their staff and provide much less training. The obvious result is much lower quality of staff that may be supervising murderers, rapists and gang members. This is why we see this as a very dangerous threat to public safety and we will be doing everything possible to stop this from happening. Join us by getting the necessary information, spreading the word about this assault on public safety.