Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Jails
One of the largest jail systems in the country — Lower Buckeye, 4th Avenue, Estrella and the Towers — with its deaths in custody and conditions, Correctional Health Services, the Melendres v. Arpaio court monitor and its costs, and the legacy of Tent City.
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- Judge cites Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone with contempt in racial profiling case
- MCSO jail attacks cost lives, millions in settlements
- Incarcerated man dies by apparent suicide in Maricopa County jail
- Five inmates hospitalized after possible overdoses at 4th Avenue Jail
- 5 people incarcerated at 4th Avenue Jail hospitalized after suspected overdoses
- Hundreds of Staffing Vacancies Plague Maricopa County Jails
- Man sentenced for killing Maricopa County jail officer in 2013
- MCSO settles with family of man nearly beaten to death in jail
- Graphic video: Maricopa County jail inmate nearly beaten to death
- $12 million settlement reached with Maricopa County after inmate brutally beaten
- Man mistakenly released from Maricopa County jail after assuming another inmate's identity
- Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office investigates after releasing wrong person from custody
- Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office mistakenly releases wrong inmate
- Arizona governor candidate wants a new tent city on the border
- Inmate Dies at Fourth Avenue Jail – After Officers Fail to Respond to Threats
- Man killed by cellmate in Maricopa County jail, Sheriff's Office reports
- MCSO failed to document required supervision rounds leading up to inmate's death
- ACLU: Maricopa County Jail Inmates are Waiting Months for COVID-19 Vaccines
- Arizona gubernatorial candidate Salmon wants to build Tent City-like facility near southern border