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.
Archive: 2024 88 stories
2026 (160)2025 (168)2024 (88)2023 (100)2022 (103)2021 (76)2020 (91)2019 (116)2018 (59)2017 (52)2016 (30)2015 (40)
- Autopsy of Yuma prison inmate shows cause of death from esophagus condition
- New report on air conditioning at Perryville Prison. All occupied housing units now have A/C.
- Perryville prison now has air conditioning
- Who is Brittany Zamora? What to know about ex-Arizona teacher in prison for child sex abuse
- How One Man Got the DOJ to Investigate His Arizona Prison
- Contaminated Water Reports Prompt ACLU To Request Tests At Arizona Prison
- Smuggling wildlife into Arizona gives man 1 year in prison
- First-of-its-kind therapeutic art and music therapy program launches inside Arizona prison
- New Arizona corrections director leads innovative programs to reform inmate rehabilitation
- Arizona man in prison for sexual conduct with minor dies after fight with fellow inmate
- Man imprisoned for sexual conduct with a minor died following fight: ADCRR
- Assaulted by her cellmate in Tucson, a trans woman took the federal prisons to court
- Arizona inmate confesses to assaulting corrections officer
- Lewis prison staff member hurt in September assault by inmate
- Monitoring reports show prison health care provider NaphCare, Arizona still noncompliant after 2022 case
- II: Records reveal allegations of Arizona prisoners suffering rampant mistreatment and neglect during COVID
- NaphCare, Arizona prisons still noncompliant with court healthcare standards
- Arizona man sentenced to 292 years for nonviolent crimes released from prison
- WATCH: Arizona Inmate in Jail for Attacking Women Caught on Camera Sneaking Past Guard to Sexually Assault Female Prisoners
- Arizona man sentenced to nearly 300 years for theft crimes released from prison
- Shocking video shows Arizona jail inmate crawling to facility's female side ‘like a spider’ to ‘rape’ woman | Hindustan Times
- Disturbing video shows Arizona inmate crawling past guard to female side of facility to ‘rape’ woman
- Arizona Inmate Crawls Past Guard, Reportedly Planned to Assault Female Inmate, on Video
- Arizona inmate crawled past officer, touched himself near woman
- Arizona corrections officer accused of punching inmate
- Kansas man who infamously escaped Lansing facility in dog crate dies in Arizona prison
- I sent an Arizona man to prison for 290 years. His case still haunts me
- FACT BRIEF: Do some Arizona prison facilities lack HVAC systems?
- Montana doubles number of inmates at Arizona private prison
- Inmate recaptured after escaping Eyman State Prison
- Concerns about heat exposure at Yuma prison - KFYR-TV
- Concerns about heat exposure at Yuma prison
- Ex-Arizona state prison sergeant indicted for sexual assault of coworker
- Arizona prison sergeant indicted for sexual abuse
- Arizona man sentenced in Jan. 6 riot remaining in prison during appeal
- Ex-Arizona corrections officer indicted, accused of sexually abusing co-worker
- 28 years later, a killer with no remorse could be let out of Arizona prison
- Plan to have AC in all Arizona state prisons expected to be a multi-year process
- Arizona prison sergeant accused of sexually assaulting coworker
- Concerns over conditions inside Arizona state prisons over no air conditioning
- Arizona state prison sergeant arrested for alleged sexual assault of subordinate
- 'He should have still been in prison': Murder victim's family upset Arizona convicted killer was released, allowing him to kill again
- Family members concerned about cells without air conditioning at Arizona prison
- Transgender prison inmate attacked by cellmate in Arizona gets $10K judgment in civil rights suit
- Former student heads to prison for life for killing University of Arizona professor
- Arizona must pay $2.65 million in attorneys fees from prison lawsuit
- Arizona prisons settle censorship case brought by legal news source
- Supreme Court dashes Arizona death row inmate’s hope to avoid death penalty in 1992 double murder
- Arizona prisons noncompliant with court orders in prisoner condition class action, judge says
- These Tucson volunteers bring books to inmates in Arizona prisons
- One Year Later, Hope for Humanity in Arizona Prisons
- Arizona woman claims wild case of mistaken identity put her in federal prison
- Joe Lewis: Former Tottenham owner avoids prison, fined $5million for insider trading
- 'Problem with this case is staffing': Judge gives Arizona prison system more time to comply with federal lawsuit
- Judge mulls third contempt case against Arizona for failing to improve prison health care
- ASU and Televerde Foundation expand PATHS program at Perryville Prison
- Arizona man serving 30 years for highway shooting found dead in prison cell
- Here's what's inside the black box Lori Vallow brought from prison in Idaho to jail in Arizona
- Montana prisons still overcrowded after Arizona inmate transfer
- Arizona man just released from prison steals truck hauling Corvettes because he needed a ride home : sheriff
- Arizona convict steals truck hauling $1M worth of Corvettes to get ride home from prison: police
- Convicted murderer found, taken into custody, Arizona Dept. of Corrections says
- Escaped murderer who killed Tempe woman found after 4 days, Arizona prison officials say
- Former Safford Prison Guard Sentenced For Accepting A Bribe
- Arizona prison inmate died days before he was to be released. His family is seeking answers
- Arizona prison in Kingman, one year after riot - Tri-County Independent
- Retired Arizona prisons boss sentenced to probation over armed 2022 standoff with police
- Former Arizona prisons chief gets probation after standoff with Tempe police
- Former Arizona Corrections Department chief Charles Ryan gets probation for armed standoff
- 9 inmates injured in fight at Arizona prison west of Phoenix
- 9 inmates injured in fight at an Arizona prison
- 9 inmates injured in fight at Arizona prison west of Phoenix; unit remains on lockdown
- Arizona prisoner dies behind bars; attempted kidnapping captured on video: this week's top stories
- Lewis prison in Buckeye sees fight among several inmates break out, authorities say
- 9 inmates hurt after fight at Arizona state prison in Buckeye
- 9 prisoners hurt in fight at Arizona prison
- 9 inmates hurt in fight in Arizona prison
- Multiple inmates injured after fight at Lewis Prison in Buckeye
- Man who killed Gilbert police officer died in Arizona state prison: ADCRR
- Man convicted of killing Gilbert Police Lieutenant dies in Arizona prison
- Arizona inmate who killed Gilbert police officer dies in prison
- Read Between the Bars helps provide Arizona prisoners an escape through literature
- Hospitalizations and HVAC repairs: The cost of extreme heat in Arizona’s women’s prison
- Arizona Department of Corrections Training Video 1
- 5 Arizona prison inmates died by suicide in the past month. Here's what we know
- 44-year-old woman found dead by suicide in Perryville prison cell
- 'We could not get him help': Mother demands change in Arizona’s mental health care system after son dies by suicide in prison
- Arizona's Independent Prison Oversight Commission says it's 'not well positioned' for oversight