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Arizona must pay $2.65 million in attorneys fees from prison lawsuit
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry owes $2.65 million in attorneys fees after settling a nearly nine-year federal civil rights lawsuit over censorship of a legal magazine sent to inmates.
Case against ex-Arizona corrections boss in 2022 standoff with officers pushed to July
A judge on Monday postponed until July the case against Arizona's former corrections director in an encounter in which police say he fired a gun inside his Tempe home and pointed a firearm at two officers during a three-hour standoff.
Trial to begin over health care for 27K Arizona prisoners
A lawsuit challenging the quality of health care for more than 27,000 people incarcerated in Arizona's prisons is headed to trial Monday.
State appeals ruling on prison health care
Arizona is appealing a withering federal court ruling that threw out a 6-year-old legal settlement that required the state to improve health care for thousands of prisoners.
New law targets wildfires, rehabs prisoners
As wildfires rage across Arizona and threaten numerous communities, legislators and forestry officials have had to come up with innovative ways to combat the problem.
How re-entry program gave me tools to succeed
As the Arizona state government completes their annual budget, I write to encourage them to support programs that help men and women successfully re-enter society after having completed a prison term.
Executions for 2 inmates draw nearer
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday set deadlines for the state attorney general to file his motions for warrants of execution for two death row inmates.
Bill improves treatment of pregnant prisoners
Arizona lawmakers are weighing whether they should enshrine in statute rules governing access to feminine hygiene products for female prison inmates and regulating the treatment of pregnant prisoners.
AG starts execution process for 2 inmates
Arizona is finally ready to carry out its first two executions in seven years.
Pandemic cited by Arizona in bid to avoid contempt fine
Arizona corrections officials cited staffing and resource demands of the pandemic in trying to fend off a contempt of court fine against the state that could reach as high as $17 million for failing to follow through on promises in a legal settlement to improve health care for inmates.
