Cooling systems in Arizona state prisons failed this summer as temperatures hit triple digits. Now, the reported outages have caught the attention of a state legislator who is demanding that leaders ...

A prison inmate who was reportedly in critical condition has died, according to the Department of Corrections of Arizona. Multiple people were taken to a hospital following an altercation at a state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen speaks with attendees during the 2025 Legislative Forecast Luncheon in Phoenix, Jan. 10, ...

The attack happened at the Morey Unit of Arizona’s Lewis prison complex, according to the video from July 28, 2026 obtained ...

In 2015, an Arizona trial revealed countless stories of medical neglect within the state's prison facilities. But six years later, with no significant signs of improvement, a judge has reopened the ...

Arizona prison officials attribute a recent increase in inmate deaths to gang-related violence. A lawmaker has raised concerns about inmate-security designations and a lack of transparency from the ...

PHOENIX — A federal judge has ordered a takeover of health care operations in Arizona’s prisons and will appoint an official to run the system after years of complaints about poor medical and mental ...

A inmate who escaped from a federal prison camp in southern Arizona on Wednesday morning was captured later in the day, ...

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