Arizona Town’s Probe on Sex Abuse Claims Could Block Prison Firm Building New ICE Camp

This story was published in partnership with LOOKOUT News. An official from Marana, Arizona, is seeking clarification from the private prison giant Management and Training Corporation about its handling of sexual abuse allegations at the former state prison in the town, following an investigation from LOOKOUT and The Intercept. In an October 28 letter, reviewed by LOOKOUT and The Intercept, Marana Finance Director and License Inspector Yiannis Kalaitzidis asked MTC Senior Vice President Mary Calvin for a written explanation of what the town official called an “apparent inconsistency” between state records and the facility’s 2023 Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, audit, a report required by the federal law. MTC ran a...

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