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Ducey orders agencies to improve training on sexual abuse prevention
This Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, file photo shows Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix. State regulators reportedly wanted to remove developmentally disabled patients from a Phoenix long-term care...
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Bill would extend statute of limitations for sex abuse claims
Disabilities council offers legislative fixes to sexual abuse of vulnerable adults
The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is recommending several legislative changes to prevent sexual abuse in the disabilities community in response to an incapacitated patient at Hacienda HealthCare who was...
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Ducey urges new leaders at facility after rape
Lawmakers hear testimony on abuse of people with disabilities
Rape of incapacitated woman spurs search for solutions at Capitol
This Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, photo shows Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Advocates for the disability community will meet at the state Capitol...
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Let’s break the silence of sexual abuse of our most vulnerable
The world has turned its eyes to Arizona after a local headline caused an international public outcry — and for good reason: ‘State officials investigate after patient in nursing facility...
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State inspections show infractions at migrant shelters
This June 20, 2014 file photo shows the Southwest Key-Nueva Esperanza, in Brownsville, Texas, a facility that shelters unaccompanied immigrant children. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Recent...
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Arizona woman alleges sexual misconduct by former detention officer
Mary gained strength in recent months as she watched women strike back at powerful men who sexually harassed and abused them. The 38-year-old ex-prisoner has come forward with her own...
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Bill transfers burden from parents to prosecutors in some sex cases
A Republican lawmaker wants to change the state’s sexual abuse statutes in response to an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that raised questions about whether parents changing a baby’s diaper could...
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High court rules bail can’t be denied in all cases involving sex with minor
State constitutional provisions that deny bail to people solely because they’re accused of having sex with a minor violate the U.S. Constitution, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The justices...
