Arizona Department of Corrections

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Tuesday that Ryan Thornell will take over the DOC while Tempe Police Chief Jeffrey Glover will be the next head of the DPS.

A federal judge who previously concluded Arizona was providing inadequate medical and mental health care to prisoners said she will give the state three months to ensure it has enough health care professionals to meet constitutional standards.

Aaron Gunches cited three recent executions that were “carried out in a matter that amounts to torture” and the recent election of new Attorney General Kris Mayes in his request.

Aaron Gunches has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to issue a death warrant, "so that justice may be lawfully served and give closure to the victim's family."

Officials at the Coconino County jail say an inmate died Monday while in a medical detention unit.

Gov. Doug Ducey last week signed a bill into law that’ll employ hundreds more state inmates for wildfire mitigation work. Officials hope it’ll help reduce…

Arizona prison officials started offering COVID-19 vaccinations Friday to corrections officers at the Perryville prison in Goodyear, with other prisons to…

Arizona authorities say an inmate at the state prison in Winslow is dead from an apparent suicide. Arizona Department of Corrections officials say…

Inmates in Arizona’s prisons are being offered free soap and are no longer routinely being moved between prison complexes in the latest efforts to guard…

Inmates in Arizona’s prisons have asked a judge to order the state to develop an adequate plan for confronting the new Coronavirus behind bars.Their…