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Plaintiffs in prison class-action ask court for receiver
After more than 10 years of litigation, five reports of inadequate care and unnecessary death and three reports of an unsuccessfully implemented staffing plan, plaintiffs in the long-running class action lawsuit against the Dept. of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry are asking the court for a receiver to take over the carceral health care system.
Monitoring reports show prison health care provider NaphCare, Arizona still noncompliant after 2022 case
In 2022, Judge Roslyn Silver, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton, ruled that Arizona was violating prisoner’s rights by not providing proper care and that healthcare faults were causing […]
MCAO agrees to dismiss suit seeking to compel state to execute Gunches
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office agreed to dismiss the civil suit seeking to compel the state to be prepared to dole out the death penalty after the new director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry confirmed the state “is now and has been operationally ready to carry out a lawful execution.”
