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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- Man accused of killing cellmate in Maricopa County jail could face additional death sentence
- Lori Vallow Daybell back in Arizona, booked into Maricopa County jail
- Court-appointed monitor in MCSO profiling case holds first in person meeting in 3 years
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Office still hasn't totally complied with decade-old court order
- Federal monitor overseeing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t been to Phoenix since 2020
- 'Doomsday Mom' would be held in MCSO custody if extradited
- Progress apparent after Maricopa County jail body scanners fully installed, Penzone says
- Maricopa County Sheriff says fentanyl overdoses forcing jail staff to double Narcan use
- Air Force veteran in coma after being tased in Maricopa County jail
- Inmate hospitalized after being tased by MCSO detention officers
- Male inmate unresponsive following incident at 4th Avenue Jail: MCSO
- An old jail is now used to care for animals rescued by MCSO
- Man who killed MCSO detention officer in 2019 sentenced to 33 years in prison
- Inmate sentenced to 33 years for death of MCSO officer at Phoenix jail
- Man convicted of killing Maricopa County detention officer sentenced to 33 years in prison
- MCSO: 4 inmates hospitalized after possible drug overdoses at Phoenix jail
- Racial profiling lawsuit, reforms for Maricopa County Sheriff's Office top $250M in costs
- Taxpayers will wind up paying $273 million in Joe Arpaio's racial profiling case
- Health worker ends life, was accused of sexual misconduct with inmate in Maricopa County jail
- Sheriff Paul Penzone addresses inmate deaths and drug smuggling in jail
- MCSO releases video showing staff treating unresponsive inmate later pronounced deceased
- Five inmates overdose at Maricopa County jail
- 5 MCSO inmates taken to hospital after suspected overdoses
- Dying in custody: At least 95 inmates have died in MCSO custody since 2020
- 'I broke down': Parents demand answers after son dies in MCSO custody
- 7 women in Maricopa County jail recovering after overdosing
- 7 women at Estrella Jail in Phoenix hospitalized after overdosing
- 440+ suspected fentanyl pills confiscated from new Maricopa County inmates
- Family intending to sue after man was killed while in MCSO custody
- Former Maricopa County detention officer arrested again
- Maricopa County detention officer tried to bring meth, fentanyl into jail: sheriff
- Former Maricopa County Detention Officer Arrested As Fugitive
- Maricopa County inmates hid fentanyl inside battery, socks, a 'body cavity': MCSO
- Maricopa County detention officer accused of smuggling drugs
- MCSO arrests detention officer for allegedly trying to bring drugs into Lower Buckeye Jail
- MCSO detention officer arrested, accused of attempting to smuggle fentanyl, meth into jail
- Maricopa County detention officer arrested, accused of drug-related offenses
- Sheriff: Maricopa County detention officer who tried to smuggle meth, fentanyl inside jail arrested
- Man died in Maricopa County jail after law enforcement used excessive force, family alleges