Tag: Department of Corrections
The Department of Corrections is returning to court on claims the agency is shirking its obligation under a year-old lawsuit settlement to improve health care for prisoners. A federal judge...
8 corrections officers sue, claim unsafe working conditions
A corrections officer who was sexually assaulted by an inmate at the Yuma state prison is among eight prison guards suing Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan and the state...
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State’s supply of execution drug expires in May
Attorneys for the Arizona Department of Corrections revealed today the agency’s supply of a controversial sedative used for executions will expire at the end of May, an announcement that could...
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Arizona prison teacher raped by sex offender gets $3 million
Kingman prison sex offenders to go elsewhere for release
State prisons start new program for veterans
The Arizona Department of Corrections is launching a new program aimed at helping incarcerated veterans successfully re-enter society and avoid returning to prison. The “Regaining Honor” program announced Tuesday will...
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Prisoner rights magazine files suit over alleged censorship
A monthly magazine dedicated to prisoner rights is suing the Arizona Department of Corrections, claiming it has an overly broad censorship policy and illegally censored four editions of the publication...
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New FCC policy will make it cheaper for prisoners to call their families
Recidivism programs in the Department of Corrections are expected to take a financial hit from the Federal Communication Commission’s decision Oct. 22 to cap rates for in-state telephone calls for...
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DOC turns over troubled private prison to new company
The Department of Corrections handed the keys to the damaged, troubled private prison in Kingman to a new company that runs two other prisons for the state. The department issued...
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Arizona prison to relocate more than 350 additional inmates
Arizona Department of Corrections officials were relocating more than 350 inmates Sunday following a disturbance at a privately run prison in Kingman. About 355 inmates are being transferred to other...