Arizona prisons

Multiple female inmates at an Arizona prison complex in Goodyear say corrections staff induced their labor against their will. Advocates say the practice is a human rights violation and a medical risk.

Gov. Katie Hobbs has issued an executive order establishing a panel designed to improve transparency and accountability in Arizona’s prisons.

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.

Plans to execute an Arizona man for two killings in 1980 remain on track after a judge denied the inmate’s bid to postpone a scheduled lethal injection.

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died as the result of neck compression during his arrest, has been moved to an Arizona prison.

Lawyers challenging the quality of health care in Arizona's prisons say corrections officials don’t have the capacity to improve staffing problems that have put incarcerated people with medical and mental health issues at risk of harm.

Lawyers representing Arizona prisoners say a third round of contempt of court fines against the state for failing to improve health care for incarcerated…

Arizona lawmakers have proposed a new effort to combat catastrophic wildfire in the state. A main component of the plan would enlist more prison inmates…

A former inmate who was the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons was fatally shot in a…

A lawmaker has proposed ending Arizona’s practice of hiring private companies to provide health care for its 34,000 prison inmates.Democratic Rep. Diego…