Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry
Arizona's state prison system: its director and staff, the ten state prisons and private contract facilities, deaths in custody, staffing, heat, healthcare, escapes and incidents — and the long fight in federal court over the care of incarcerated people.
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- Kenneth Thompson, Murderer Who Used Scientology Defense, Killed in Arizona Prison
- Inmate attacked and killed in Florence prison, department officials investigating
- Convicted murderer found dead in Arizona prison
- Death of Arizona death row inmate being investigated as homicide
- Convicted murderer who used Scientology as defense found dead in Arizona prison
- Arizona Mom Threatened With Prison, Placed on Secret Blacklist For Letting Kids Play At the Park
- Arizona Department of Corrections orders removal of patch with 'disturbing imagery' after Republic investigation
- Arizona prisons have new security protocols after inmates escaped in Florence
- Arizona Prison Ministry Making Global Impact
- We Are Holding Arizona Accountable for the Needless Suffering and Deaths of Incarcerated People
- Corrections boss defends care provided in Arizona prisons
- Tucson inmate escapes prison; federal authorities now searching for him
- KOLD Investigates: Medical expert testifies some deaths within Arizona prisons were preventable
- KOLD Investigates: Inmate testifies ADCRR employees encouraged him to cut himself
- KOLD Investigates Prisons on Trial: Arizona on trial over prison healthcare
- Arizona prison solitary confinement cell conditions documented by Dr. Craig Haney
- Fathers for Justice: Is Arizona's prison system to blame for Elijah Al-Amin's death?
- Arizona prisons mental health care report
- Arizona prison health care trial begins In Phoenix
- Arizona Privatized Prison Health Care to Save Money. But at What Cost?
- Trial to begin over health care for 27K Arizona prisoners
- Arizona prison nurse says Centurion directed her to falsify report, evading $100,000 fine
- 'Disturbing' imagery used in Arizona Department of Corrections training materials, patches
- Court rules Arizona prisoners must be offered services to remain parents
- Arizona prisons not providing treatment programs to most inmates, report finds
- Study: Arizona prisons get an F for COVID-19 response
- Former head of Arizona prison guard union gets prison for embezzling $134K in funds
- Judge orders Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to face trial
- Federal judge blasts Arizona prison system over inmate health care, orders trial
- Audit Finds Most Children In Arizona’s Youth Prison Spend Time In Isolation Cells
- Newly leaked Florence, Arizona prison video shows inmates trap officers in stairwell
- Leaked ADCRR prison videos show brutal assaults, security failures
- Arizona faces controversy for plans to refurbish gas chamber at Florence Prison
- More than half of Arizona’s state prison system fully vaccinated
- ‘Cut my throat, but don’t cut my beard’: Sikh immigrant, 64, forced to shave in Arizona prison
- Arizona Department of Corrections reinstating in-person visits
- A Sikh man incarcerated in Arizona was forced to shave his beard against his religion, according to legal groups
- 'Babies deserve so much more': New bill would grant pregnant Arizona prisoners better care while in custody
- An Arizona Prison Forcibly Shaved a Sikh Man’s Beard. This is a Violation of Religious Freedom.
- Blood, Roaches, Rats: Inspection Reports Reveal Filthy Conditions In Arizona Prison Kitchens
- Arizona man gets life sentence for murdering fellow inmate
- This prison reform can save millions and make us safer. Will Arizona finally pass it?
- 2 correctional officers at Lewis Prison arrested, suspected of promoting prison contraband
- IN-DEPTH: Death penalty cases in Arizona cost $3 to $4 million per inmate, expert says
- As Arizona’s prison population ages, taxpayers shoulder the burden of inmate healthcare
- Arizona Department of Corrections Says It Is Ready to Resume Executions
- Prison guard in Arizona alleges sex assaults by supervisor
- Judge Holds Arizona Department of Corrections in Contempt for the Second Time in Three Years
- Federal Judge Holds Arizona Prison Officials in Contempt of Court a Second Time for Violating Prisoners' Health Care Rights
- Arizona Fined $1M For Failing To Improve Prison Health Care
- Whistleblowers: Software bug keeping hundreds of inmates in Arizona prisons beyond release dates
- Arizona Department of Corrections partners with local foundation to transcribe books into braille
- Arizona’s prison population declines by 11% during pandemic
- Arizona prisons are squalid and unsafe. They need independent oversight
- Convicted NXIVM sex cult leader moved to Arizona prison
- Authorities report inmate death at Tucson prison
- The inmates who escaped from a Florence prison were caught. So who gets the reward money?
- Two escaped Florence prison inmates captured in Coolidge
- 2 Florence prison inmates who escaped are captured in Coolidge
- Two escaped Florence prison inmates captured
- Arizona prisoners who escaped on Jan. 23 have been captured
- 2 inmates who escaped from Arizona prison captured
- Two inmates who escaped an Arizona prison have been recaptured
- 'Some people don’t change, I guess': Officer details wanted Arizona inmate's prior escape
- Nxivm sex-cult leader Keith Raniere transferred to Arizona prison
- Two Inmates Escape Arizona Prison, $70,000 Reward Offered
- Search continues for 2 inmates who escaped from Arizona state prison in Florence
- 'They could be holed up': Officials look door-to-door for 2 Florence prison escapees
- Search On For 2 Inmates Who Escaped Florence Prison
- 2 inmates still missing after escape from Arizona state prison in Florence
- Arizona authorities searching after 2 men escape from Florence prison; reward offered
- Two inmates escape from Florence prison
- NXIVM leader Keith Raniere moved to Arizona prison
- Ex-Arizona politician in adoption scheme must head to prison
- Arizona Department of Corrections reports inmate death
- Arizona Planning For New Juvenile Prison