Arizona sells closed Marana prison to Utah company for $15 million

Abandoned Marana prison sold back to original owner for use as private prison

Key Points: The Legislature rejected a proposal to sell the abandoned Marana prison to the federal government for $1 a year The prison was instead sold to its former owner, Utah-based Management and Training Corp.  Tucson legislators are upset they, nor local officials, were told of the deal  Arizona has cut a deal to sell the shuttered private prison it owns north of Tucson to the Utah-based company that ran it until the state closed it at t…

Arizona sells closed Marana prison to Utah company for $15 million

PHOENIX —Arizona has cut a deal to sell the shuttered private prison it owns north of Tucson to the Utah-based company that ran it until the state closed it at the end of 2023.