Six months after an independent prison oversight office was created in Arizona, it remains unfunded. One legislator is ...

"I'm kind of freaking out about how many murders there have been, and how many attacks there have been on both guards and inmates." ...

There are new calls for the Arizona governor to fund an independent oversight office for the Department of Corrections, ...

Lawmakers in Arizona prioritize funding for prison oversight and criminal justice reform, with a focus on improving conditions and oversight.

If you go to jail, you probably expect to spend a whole lot of time being told what to do. For a group of inmates at the ...

Rep. Blackman and Sen. Bolick introduced bills to secure $1.5M for an independent prison oversight office. Although Gov.

A counselor at Lewis Prison in Buckeye was arrested on Jan. 3 after an investigation into drug and contraband cellphone smuggling, according to records filed in Maricopa Superior Court. Berman Comon, ...

The second season of Unlocked: A Jail Experiment is similar to the first, which took place in Arkansas. This time the ...

PHOENIX — Part of an Arizona prison has been temporarily closed to visitors after a recent fight broke out between 50 inmates. Officials said four prisoners suffered minor injuries during the clash at ...

An Arizona prison inmate serving 16 life sentences for a 2004 standoff at a correctional institution is suspected of killing three inmates last week, officials said. Ricky Wassenaar is the sole ...

One of the victims died while the other recovered after several weeks of hospitalization, according to federal attorneys.