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Criminal justice reform should set up ex-prisoners to succeed
Arizona has long operated from a tough-on-crime perspective. As someone who has worked in jails, I understand it well and I’ve subscribed to it for much of my career. I...
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State to reopen closed prison to house booming female population
We shouldn’t have to sue to learn prosecutors use slurs
In training materials recently obtained by the ACLU of Arizona, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) refers to the people it prosecutes using the slur “crazy” and paints people with...
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Report suggests court strike 2011 law requiring private health care for prisoners
A special expert is recommending to a federal judge that she override a state law that requires the Department of Corrections to farm out health care for inmates to private...
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Public’s right to know about executions limited to official record
Arizonans have no legal right to know where the state obtains drugs to execute inmates, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday. But the judges said people do have the...
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Ducey ‘not piling on’ embattled prisons boss
Report: Prisons director uninformed about faulty locks
Charles Ryan (AP file photo) The head of the Department of Corrections remained “surprisingly uninformed” about nonfunctioning locks at one of the state’s largest prisons that...
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Arizona must be bolder on sentencing reform
This legislative session, Republican lawmakers are following in the footsteps of President Donald Trump and addressing the need for sentencing reform in Arizona. So far, the bills that have gained...
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Tax-free tampons up for debate in Arizona Legislature
DOC director blames private provider for health care failures
With potential sanctions for his agency’s failure to meet court-ordered prison health care standards looming, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan laid the blame largely at the feet of...
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Lawmaker apologizes for Kotex-pillow delivery gone awry
From left, prisoner rights activist Sue Ellen Allen, #cut50 co-founder Jessica Jackson Sloan and Camaron Stevenson stand beside a pile of Kotex pillows they helped deliver...
