Arizona Prisons

In 2023, the Arizona district court issued another injunction to speed up the process, ordering the state to improve its health-care staffing, bring in additional physicians and hit benchmarks laid out by the court. In 2024, though, the problems remain

Retired Pima County Superior Court judge John Leonardo sent a lot of people to prison in his long career on the bench. But, the one defendant that still haunts him was Carl Ray Buske, an aviation mechanic who was convicted for the possession of 29 printed images of child pornography.

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.