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Juveniles in Maricopa County adult jail don’t receive accredited education
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is not providing accredited educational services to the juveniles held in its adult jail, meaning the credits students earn may not be valid elsewhere.
Trump’s first pardon spares political ally Arpaio
President Donald Trump spared former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio the prospect of serving jail time in granting the first pardon of his turbulent tenure, wiping away the lawman's recent federal conviction stemming from his immigration patrols that focused on Latinos.
Arpaio to halt MCSO squad targeting immigrant ID theft
An Arizona sheriff known for arresting immigrant workers on charges of using fake or stolen IDs to get jobs is planning to close the controversial squad that investigates such cases.
Order of monitor for sheriff’s department draws criticism
After a federal judge ordered that a monitor guard against racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Denise Velez showed up with a handful of demonstrators Thursday to fill out a tongue-in-cheek application to “babysit” Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Arpaio’s lawyers appeal racial-profiling ruling
Attorneys for an Arizona sheriff are appealing a federal judge's ruling that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office racially profiled Latinos in its immigration enforcement.
Jury: MCSO didn’t discriminate vs Muslim officer
A federal jury has ruled the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office didn't discriminate against a Muslim man who claims he lost his job as a jail detention officer over a dispute about his beard.
Arizona sheriff’s narrative works against him
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has become an almost unstoppable force in his 20 years in office by driving home two themes: that he will unceasingly crack down on crime and, more recently, illegal immigration.
Arpaio critics disrupt county supervisors meeting
Action on a proposed settlement offered in the death of a Maricopa County jail inmate was postponed when critics of Sheriff Joe Arpaio disrupted a Board of Supervisors meeting.
Arpaio’s office continues to probe sex-crime cases
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has agreed to further investigate 28 sex-crimes cases as part of a re-examination of more than 400 alleged sexual assaults that the agency failed to adequately investigate between 2005 and 2008.
Closing arguments filed in Arpaio racial profiling case
The last round of written closing arguments are due Thursday in a trial aimed at settling allegations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office racially profiles Latinos in its immigration patrols.
Feds respond to criticism about Arpaio allegations
Federal authorities who accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of civil rights allegations say the county's top prosecutor can find facts to back up the allegations in the sheriff's own records.
Arpaio denies involvement in office’s corruption
The self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America took to the witness stand Tuesday and continued his denials that he knew about corruption and mismanagement within his office, saying that he delegated many responsibilities to his former chief deputy.
