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Maricopa County Sheriff Penzone says he’s stepping down a year early in January
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced Monday that he is resigning in January, a full year before his term ends.
Time has come to save mentally ill inmates from solitary confinement
The time has long passed for this relic of Sheriff Arpaio’s regime to be closed down. Sheriff Penzone has shown he is willing to reform the jail to bring it in line with sound correctional practices, and to enhance public safety. The next step on this path is to shutter the SMU.
Arizona sheriff to shut down famed Tent City jails complex
Maricopa County's new sheriff announced Tuesday that he's shutting down a complex of jail tents that helped make his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, a national law enforcement figure.
Paul Penzone: Big decisions, including the fate of pink underwear
Big decisions are on the horizon for the newly elected Democratic sheriff, Paul Penzone.
Arpaio closing jails ahead of immigration protests
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is shutting down county jails in anticipation of protests against Arizona's immigration law.
Arpaio critics to hold rally outside Tent City
Critics of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will hold a rally on June 23 to call for the closure of his complex of canvas jail tents.
Under Arpaio, Phoenix ‘Tent City’ marks 18 years
For all the worksite raids, immigration sweeps and animal-cruelty cases that have made Sheriff Joe Arpaio one of the most notorious and popular figures in Arizona history, it likely will be a compound of military-style tents housing more than 1,000 inmates that is his lasting legacy.
Tent City Hero
Sporting a pitch helmet, linen suit and big white mutton-chop sideburns, Oliver E. Comstock pedaled his bicycle along Tucson’s dusty roads with a soup kettle hanging from the handlebars. He will never be as famous as Wyatt Earp, but he was a real hero to the residents of southern Arizona’s Tent City.
‘Section 1070’ tent city expansion to unveil July 21
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced July 20 that he will be opening a new section of his tent city jail, just for those convicted under Arizona’s new immigration law. The new section of the outdoor jail will be called “section 1070,” according to a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman.
