Editing Golden Valley, Arizona (section)

==State prison==
The [[Arizona State Prison – Kingman]] has a Golden Valley address and is {{convert|10|mi|0}} south of the community. When it was being sold to the residents of Golden Valley it was promised it would be a prison for DUI offenders only. Due to control of the inmate population problems the contract for the prison has changed hands since its opening. It is a for-profit prison operated by GEO Group under contract to hold inmates for the [[Arizona Department of Corrections]].<ref name="az_corrections_kingman">{{cite web|url=http://www.azcorrections.gov/prisons/Zoya_kingman1.aspx|title=Arizona State Prison – Kingman (MTC)|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012232651/http://www.azcorrections.gov/prisons/Zoya_kingman1.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US0428195&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Golden Valley CDP, Arizona] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608201424/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US0428195&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-08 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.</ref>

===2010 escapes===
{{main|2010 Arizona prison escape}}
On July 30, 2010, three inmates, two incarcerated for murders, one for attempted homicides, escaped from the facility.<ref name=msnbc1>{{cite news|title=Ariz. police hunt for three escaped murderers|publisher=AP|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38502099}}</ref>  One was recaptured in western Colorado on August 1, after a shootout with a [[Garfield County, Colorado|Garfield County]] deputy and city police in [[Rifle, Colorado]].  A second was recaptured by [[United States Marshals Service|U.S. Marshals]] on August 9 in [[Meeteetse, Wyoming]].<ref name=cnn1>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/09/arizona.escapees/?hpt=Sbin |title=One Arizona escapee recaptured in Wyoming |publisher=CNN |date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>  The third escapee and his accomplice cousin were captured near [[Springerville, Arizona|Springerville]]  on August 19, 2010, also by U.S. Marshals, in an east-central Arizona, [[White Mountains (Arizona)|White Mountains]], [[United States Forest Service|U.S. Forest Service]] campground.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/21/Arizona-releases-report-on-prison-escapes/UPI-68361285094969/ |title=Arizona releases report on prison escapes |publisher=[[United Press International]] |date=September 21, 2010}}</ref>

===July 2015 riots===
On July 1, 2 and 4, riots broke out once again at the Arizona State Prison – Kingman, at Golden Valley, which had "a long history of problems." Nine guards and seven inmates were injured, and the state brought in 96 members of its special tactical unit to quell the disturbances.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hundreds-arizona-inmates-moved-riot-32216623 Hundreds of Arizona inmates to be moved following riots ], [[Associated Press]], July 3, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2015/07/04/kingman-prison-experiencing-disturbance-abrk/29716859/ State sends special forces to quell Kingman Prison Riot], [[Arizona Republic|Arizona Central]], Craig Harris and Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, July 5, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.</ref>

===MTC contract termination===
In August 2015, Arizona [[List of governors of Arizona|governor]] [[Doug Ducey]] terminated the contract with MTC after an Arizona Department of Corrections investigative report revealed the company had "a culture of disorganization, disengagement, and disregard" of DOC policies.<ref>Craig Harris (August 27, 2015). [http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/08/26/arizona-kingman-riot-cause-corrections-department-report/32432963/ Arizona cuts ties with private-prison operator over Kingman riot]. ''The Arizona Republic.'' Retrieved September 2, 2015.</ref>