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State asks judge to throw out inmates’ lawsuit, saying it ‘borders on the ridiculous’
The state is asking federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 34,000 inmates, saying there's no evidence each and every prisoner is at risk.
Teacher raped in prison files $4 million claim against Dept of Corrections
An Arizona teacher who was left alone in a classroom and then raped by a convicted sex offender filed a $4 million claim on Thursday against the state Department of Corrections.
Arizona death row inmate appeals lethal drug ruling
An Arizona inmate scheduled for execution July 23 has appealed a trial-court ruling that keeps him from having information on the lethal drugs that will be used on him.
Mexico donating textbooks to Arizona prison system
TUCSON ai??i?? Mexico's government is donating more than 1,600 Spanish-language textbooks to the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Death-row inmate with untreated cancer dies
An Arizona death-row inmate whose cancer went untreated for seven months died Saturday, according to his attorneys.
Left alone with a sex offender, a teacher is raped in AZ prison
A teacher at an Arizona prison was alone in a room full of sex offenders before being stabbed and sexually assaulted by a convicted rapist, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press about an attack that highlighted major security lapses at the facility.
Arizona prison improved since 2010 inmate escape
KINGMAN ai??i?? An Arizona prison has vastly improved its security in the four years since a 2010 inmate escape that resulted in the murder of an Oklahoma couple, officials said Sunday.
Appellate court allows 33,000 inmates to sue state over health care, confinement
A federal appellate court decided today to allow a lawsuit alleging that Arizona’s prison health care and confinement conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment to proceed as a class action involving 33,000 prisoners.
Lethal mix: Arizona in spotlight of debate over execution drugs
Arizona is about to become a hotbed of debate over the secrecy surrounding executions, an issue in which the U.S. Supreme Court has taken notice.
Death row inmate wants execution delayed to determine source of lethal drugs
A condemned prisoner wants his execution delayed until the state says where it got drugs that will be used to kill him, or after the investigation of a botched execution in Oklahoma is complete.
Death row inmates seek information on lethal injections
Attorneys for two Arizona death row inmates are asking the Department of Corrections for information on who manufactured the drugs that will be used for their lethal injections.
Records hint why inmates’ sentences were commuted by Brewer
Gov. Jan Brewer last year followed the cues of judges in reducing the sentences of prisoners who were convicted of manslaughter, aggravated assault and selling methamphetamine.
