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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- Maricopa County Files Motion to End Federal Oversight of MCSO
- Rift over results, costs in Arpaio-era racial profiling case still splits Maricopa County
- Judge lets Maricopa sheriff refute audit in Arpaio racial profiling case
- MCSO inflated oversight costs, audit shows. ACLU of Arizona calls it 'really troubling'
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Office misused millions meant to remedy racial profiling, report reveals
- MCSO misused millions meant to remedy racial profiling, report reveals
- $160 million improperly attributed to MCSO oversight, audit says
- MCSO spending on federal oversight questioned by audit
- Federal judge orders MCSO oversight meetings to move
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Office conducts surprise searches to combat jail contraband
- Body scanners revealed MCSO inmate had concealed firearm
- MCSO oversight meetings are getting rowdy. Crowd conduct is on the agenda for Friday court hearing
- Matthew Dieringer booked into Maricopa County jail
- A monitor keeps moving goalposts for MCSO officers, putting our safety at risk | Opinion
- Maricopa County Jail is among 3 Arizona facilities on ICE expansion list
- See how Maricopa County employees work to find contraband at Fourth Avenue Jail
- In Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail, Sheriff's Office works to keep drugs, weapons out
- Paralegal accused of smuggling drugs to MCSO jail
- Paralegal arrested for smuggling drugs into 4th Avenue Jail
- From jail cells to forever homes: MCSO’s MASH unit gives abused animals a second chance
- Maricopa County sheriff: End of federal oversight is coming, staffing shortage could be solved soon
- County attorney says monitor has ‘financial incentive’ to continue MCSO oversight
- Emotions run during meeting over fate of federal monitor for MCSO
- Maricopa County sheriff’s ‘MASH’ unit gives 2nd chance for inmates, abused animals
- Board Votes to Boost Pay for Maricopa County Detention Officers
- Maricopa County approves $30 million in bonuses for detention officers
- Video shows detention officer attacked by inmate at Lower Buckeye Jail, sheriff addresses staffing concerns
- Maricopa County Sheriff talks judicial oversight and future
- Arpaio's racial profiling cost $352 million. Don't just blame a court for that | opinion
- Lori Vallow Daybell: A look at her jail housing in Maricopa County
- MCSO K9 given Narcan after drug exposure at county jail
- K-9 Max recovers after fentanyl exposure at MCSO jail
- MCSO considers wearable technology for inmates to help prevent overdose deaths
- Maricopa County jails could become less safe if this tax expires | Opinion
- 2 overdoses reported at Maricopa County jail
- Inmate dead from overdose at Maricopa County jail
- MCSO: 1 inmate at Estrella Jail dies of fatal overdose
- Twelve overdoses in Estrella Jail; 1 death
- X-ray machines to be used at Estrella Jail after deadly overdoses
- MCSO stops scanning jail workers, experts and families say it makes no sense
- Maricopa County sheriff gives a tour of county jail
- MCSO inmate accused of murdering cellmate two years after an assault on a different cellmate
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Office stops scanning employees entering jail facilities
- New Maricopa County sheriff says he’s ready to make changes, end federal oversight