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Arizona State Prison

Jul 17, 2013

Appeals court will consider whether inmates’ case is a class action

A federal appellate court has agreed to decide whether Arizona’s 33,000 prisoners can be in a lawsuit alleging that prison healthcare and confinement conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment.

Charles Ryan
Jun 12, 2013

Inmate advocates question claim that Arizona prisons have no solitary confinement

Raising doubts from skeptics, Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan told a legislative committee Wednesday the department has no solitary confinement, despite keeping the maximum-security inmates in their cells alone for 22 hours a day.

Aug 16, 2010

Warden, security chief resign after prison escape

A warden and a security official have resigned their posts at an Arizona state prison where three inmates escaped last month, setting off a nationwide search.

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