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Aug 31, 2025

Arizona expands educational opportunities in state prisons amid scrutiny

Key Points:  Enrollment grows in Arizona prison education programs, completion dips Multi-agency collaborations target growth in postsecondary, vocational training One university shows promise in growing degree attainment  The Arizona Department […]

Aug 30, 2025

Lawmakers target prison deaths, drugs, staffing — demand official records

Key Points:  Lawmakers probe prison violence, demand transparency, more answers   Former staff cite understaffing, hostile work environments, unsafe custody levels  Director defends reforms, but promises conversation with legislators  After an […]

Thornell, Senate panel, DOC, Hoffman
Jun 6, 2023

Senate panel approves DOC nominee amidst death penalty debate

A Senate panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend the approval of Ryan Thornell as director of the Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry and discussed the state’s actions related to the death penalty.

inmate, Buckeye, state prison, homicide
Jan 26, 2023

Bill addresses release of terminally ill inmates

The Board of Executive Clemency would no longer have to seek out a governor’s signature to grant release to inmates with terminal illnesses and would generally expand the power of the board to grant medical release under a proposed bill.  

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