Arizona tribes could get money for criminal programs - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Shoddy jail facilities and inefficienft and antiquated criminal justice infrastructure and technology have been a concerjon U.S. Indian reservations. The says there is $250 millionj specifically for Native American tribexs out ofits $4 billion allocation from the Americam Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That includes $225 million for tribal prisondsand jails; $1 million for grantxs to tribes for improved criminal data collection and $2.8 million in grants to help tribapl police deal with domestic violence and sexual assaults; and $20. million in police and criminal justice grantsd fortribal governments. Tribes also can qualify for other discretionarh moneyunder ARRA.
There are 21 Native American tribe s in Arizona including the Navajo Fort McDowellYavapai Nation, Gila River Indian Hopi Tribe and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indianb Community.