Judge orders takeover of health care operations in Arizona prisons after concluding state provided poor care to inmates.

A federal judge has ordered a takeover of Arizona's prison health care system, citing years of inadequate care and violations ...

A federal judge issued a 64-page order to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry with new requirements in an effort to bring medical care and mental health care up to ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday requested the state Supreme Court issue a warrant of execution for death row inmate Aaron Gunches. The 51-year-old Gunches was ...

PHOENIX – One of six inmates who escaped from an eastern Arizona jail over the weekend remains at large, authorities said. By Sunday morning, Brandon Sanchez was the only escapee from the White ...

There were five prison inmate suicides in Arizona in a recent 23-day period. The deaths occurred between Dec. 16 and Jan. 8, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a takeover of health care operations in Arizona’s prisons and will appoint an ...