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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- ADCRR Director David Shinn announces retirement
- State's DOC Director David Shinn announces retirement
- Arizona prison director David Shinn to retire in January
- Arizona prisons Director David Shinn to step down in January
- No Human Involved: a documentary about Perryville women's prison in Arizona
- Arizona prison privatization project tens of millions of dollars over budget
- Arizona prison officer charged in possession of child porn
- Arizona corrections officer arrested for allegedly possessing child porn
- Arizona prison officer accused of having dozens of child porn files
- Arizona prison worker accused of downloading and sharing child sexual abuse material - FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Arizona prison worker accused of downloading and sharing child sexual abuse material
- Private companies found using immigrant labor, with the help of Arizona prisons
- Fighting in Safford federal prison suspends visiting hours
- Execution warrant sought for an Arizona death row inmate
- 2 Arizona COs assaulted by inmate
- Federal inmate allegedly tried to shoot visitor at Arizona prison camp: Report
- Who are William Redmond and Helen Phelps, victims of Arizona death row inmate Murray Hooper?
- Arizona prisoner to die by lethal injection, not gas chamber
- Inmate on Arizona death row seeks forensic tests in 1980 deaths
- New Mandatory Prison Law Could Reduce Human Smuggling Activity In Arizona
- Arizona Supreme Court allows execution of inmate Murray Hooper to proceed despite allegations of "corrupt police practices"
- Arizona Supreme Court allows execution of death-row inmate Murray Hooper to proceed
- Arizona has set the date for its third execution of a death row inmate this year
- Arizona prosecutors want 66-year-old grandmother to go to prison for collecting 4 ballots in 2020
- Arizona prison reform policies ought to include considerations for those who are deaf, hard of hearing, advocates say
- Shooting Outside Sierra Vista Circle K Lands Tucson Man In Prison
- Federal jury rejects civil suit that featured shocking claims about Lewis prison
- Arizona prisoner alleges warden ordered 'inmate-on-inmate discipline,' hundreds of beatings
- Man dies by suicide at Eyman prison complex in Florence
- Eyman Prison tour
- Arizona legislators toured Eyman state prison complex in Florence. Here's what they learned
- Lawmakers will tour Arizona prison after concerns raised by Republic reporting
- Derek Chauvin Moved To Medium-Security Federal Prison In Arizona
- Derek Chauvin, former officer who killed George Floyd, is moved to Arizona prison
- Former cop Chauvin moved to Arizona federal prison in George Floyd killing
- Derek Chauvin moved to federal prison in Arizona
- Chauvin moved to medium security US prison in Arizona
- Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin is moved to federal prison in Arizona
- Murray Hooper: Arizona death row inmate may face execution
- Derek Chauvin to serve time in federal prison in Arizona for killing George Floyd
- I owe my career success to the job I got at an Arizona prison work program
- Man dies in Tucson prison after possible 'physical altercation'
- Inmate dies after fight at Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson
- Rehabilitate prisoners? Actually, Arizona's prison labor program is more like slavery
- Incarcerated man killed in high security unit at Eyman prison complex
- Towns, cities, schools are all exploiting prison labor in Arizona
- Once seen as crass profiteering, Arizona prisons are all in on leasing prisoners to private companies
- Arizona prisoners make just about anything you can think of. Their specialty is stuff prisoners need
- How prison labor works in Arizona
- Arizona communities would 'collapse' without cheap prison labor, Corrections director says
- Federal Judge Finds Arizona’s Prison Health Care Is "Plainly Grossly Inadequate" and Unconstitutional
- Judge: Arizona prison system healthcare violates constitutional rights
- A Federal Court Finds Conditions in Arizona Prisons Unconstitutional
- Judge finds care at Arizona prisons 'grossly inadequate'
- Arizona state prison system violated prisoners' basic rights, court rules
- 'Plainly grossly inadequate': Arizona prison health care system ruled unconstitutional
- The Very Unsatisfying Quality of Arizona’s Prison Food
- Atwood’s final appeals fail, Arizona executes second inmate in a month
- Arizona’s prison system hires controversial healthcare provider
- An impaired Arizona man drove the wrong way and killed 2 teenagers. Here's how long he'll be in prison
- Arizona executes second death row inmate in less than a month
- Arizona executes inmate for 1984 killing of 8-year-old girl
- Who is Frank Atwood? Arizona Inmate Set to Die By Lethal Injection
- Arizona executes inmate over 1984 killing of eight-year-old girl
- Judge denies Arizona death row inmate's appeal, saying Constitution 'does not require a pain-free execution'
- Arizona prison health care contract awarded to company that allegedly overcharged feds
- Sex Cult Leader Sues Tucson Prison, Claims Officials Scrubbed His Caller And Visitor List
- Arizona inmate whose Jewish mom fled Nazis will be executed, but not in gas chamber
- Arizona prisoner won’t be executed in gas chamber
- Arizona prisoner Frank Atwood won't be executed in gas chamber
- NXIVM leader Raniere suing Arizona federal prison
- Arizona inmate Clarence Dixon set to be executed for 1978 murder of ASU student Deana Bowdoin
- Arizona puts inmate Clarence Dixon to death in state's first execution in 8 years
- Ex-Arizona prison director Ryan charged with 2 felonies stemming from January incident
- Judge: Arizona prisoner psychologically fit to be executed
- Arizona offers gas chamber execution to ex-Jewish death row inmate
- Arizona couple get prison terms in a 2019 Tucson murder case
- Arizona inmate fails to opt for gas chamber execution, slated for lethal injection instead
- Arizona death row inmate to die by lethal injection
- Department of Corrections: Woman dies by suicide at Perryville prison in Goodyear
- Suspect in Sacramento mass shooting spent over a year in Arizona state prison
- Maintenance workers unionize at private CoreCivic Arizona prison
- 230 pounds of meth, 25 pounds of cocaine, and 25 pounds of heroin lands 2 Arizona men in prison
- Arizona's privatized prison health care has been failing for years. A new court case could change that
- Arizona prisoners injured in forced labor could see limited payout, if bill passes
- Ambulance crews refuse to go inside short-staffed Arizona prison
- Tucson prison inmate found dead in cell
- Man released from Arizona prison in 2020 killed in Missouri after shooting 3 officers
- Escape attempt in understaffed Arizona prison
- Inside an Arizona prison break: ‘Catastrophic’ security failures
- How two Florence prison inmates escaped in 2021 and were captured
- New documents show former Arizona prisons chief had blood-alcohol level above legal limit on night of police standoff
- Man incarcerated in Tucson prison for 2004 Phoenix murders dies
- Inmate convicted of murder dies at Tucson prison from apparent suicide
- Inmate dead of apparent suicide at Tucson prison
- Former Arizona prisons director could face felony charges after armed standoff with police
- Arizona court upholds convictions, sentences of slain death-row inmate
- Closure of Florence prison continues as Eloy facility selected to house up to 2,706 prisoners
- Arizona moves forward with plan to shut down Florence prison
- Tempe police recommend assault charges against former Arizona Dept. of Corrections head
- Arizona prisons offer booster shots to inmates
- RV Short Stops: Notorious Yuma Territorial Prison
- Arizona to transfer 2,706 prisoners from state-run prison to private facility