Arizona Prisons

Over the summer, many libraries introduce reading programs to keep kids interested in books and avoid the so-called "summer reading slump" between school years. In Maricopa County, that sentiment extends to children in juvenile detention.

The question of whether Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has the statutory authority to seek a warrant of execution is now before the Arizona Supreme Court.

A federal judge has ordered the state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to ensure an autopsy is completed for an inmate who died June 30.

Attorney General Kris Mayes claims only her office has state authority to seek warrants of execution, after Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell asked Arizona's top court to issue one.

News that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will pursue executions of prisoners on death row early next year came in a letter to Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell. Mitchell has been critical of Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs for pausing them.

The NAACP had sued, claiming the use of private prisons is in violation of the 13th Amendment.

Professor Tsafrir Mor teaches in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State — but when he’s not in the lab or the lecture hall on campus, he can sometimes be found teaching in a very different type of classroom.

Dozens of kids took to the court Saturday at the gym of Central Christian Church in Mesa. The Christian nonprofit Prison Fellowship put on a free sports camp for children of incarcerated parents.

Sentencing of the former state Corrections director over an armed standoff with police at his Tempe home has been postponed. His next hearing is scheduled for early February

Pima County officials are asking for public input as they weigh adding a new county jail. The Adult Detention Center Blue Ribbon Commission came to fruition to research the need to build or renovate the county jail.