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Arizona lawmakers seek $1.5 million for prison oversight office
Key points: Two Republican lawmakers seek funding for the state Independent Correctional Oversight Office. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation creating the office, but without funding Arizona faces millions in fines […]
Hobbs establishes prison oversight commission to recommend reforms
Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling for a top-to-bottom review of the Arizona prison system, where inmates and their families have complained about a wide range of issues and a federal judge recently found medical care to be “plainly grossly inadequate.” The governor issued an executive order on Wednesday establishing an “independent prison oversight commission” to review problems in the prison sy[...]
