Few legal hurdles remain for private prison operator Management and Training Corp. to convert a shuttered state prison in Marana into an immigration detention center because the zoning for the facility is already in place, according to emails from town officials reviewed by Arizona Luminaria.
There has been growing opposition to the effort, with hundreds of people attending a community forum turned impromptu organizing meeting in October and planning to voice their concern about the project by wearing orange at the Tuesday, Nov. 18 town council meeting.
Among the concerns raised at the October town hall, residents said public officials had not explained who approved a plan to turn the shuttered prison into an immigration detention facility, and say there was no chance for public review…