Arizona lawmakers questioned the state's prisons director about increased prison violence and inmate homicides in 2025. Former wardens criticized the prison system's drug-treatment program and inmate ...

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is facing a class action lawsuit after a former jail commander was charged with watching ...

ELOY, AZ (AZFamily) — Police are investigating the death of an out-of-state inmate at a private prison facility in Pinal County as a homicide. Police officers and fire crews responded to the Saguaro ...

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Arizona corrections official accused of smuggling fentanyl-laced heroin into prison A counselor at Lewis Prison in Buckeye was arrested on Jan. 3 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A former female inmate says strip searches were common in the La Plata County jail in Durango, but she was not sure why. She is one of 18 women who have joined a federal class action ...

Officials are using boats and helicopters along the Ohio River between Ohio and Kentucky to search for an inmate who escaped ...

PHOENIX — There’s nothing wrong with the system used to classify the security risk of Arizona prison inmates, even if it did result in one prisoner being able to kill three fellow inmates at the ...

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry is deploying 1,300 body-worn cameras to state prisons to increase transparency and improve safety for staff and inmates. Since the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) announced on Monday new actions to increase safety and security in state prison facilities. From body ...