Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A counselor at Lewis Prison in Buckeye was arrested on Jan. 3 after an investigation into drug and contraband cellphone smuggling, ...

Lawsuits filed over the past 14 years reveal failures in the Arizona state prison health care system, with inmates pursuing damages for inadequate care.

Prison reform advocates and families of inmates are petitioning Gov. Katie Hobbs to provide $1.5 million in funding for an ...

Prosecutors have identified the four men as Timothy Moss, Aaron Halgar, Christopher Velasquez and Victor Hernandez, and ...

A Tucson corrections officer is accused of aggravated assault after allegedly punching an inmate several times in the face. Corrections officer Ayden Escarrega has been placed on administrative leave ...

PHOENIX — Christine Calabrese was celebrated by the Arizona Department of Corrections for starting a book club for inmates. She realized that what was inside a good book could help inmates find ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry successfully completed disability access reforms required under an agreement, the Department of Justice announced earlier ...

PHOENIX – A West Valley inmate died Tuesday after the second recent fatal gang-related attack in an Arizona prison, authorities said. Jacob Major, 43, died at a Goodyear hospital after an attack at ...

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