There are new calls for the Arizona governor to fund an independent oversight office for the Department of Corrections, ...

Arizona's ADCRR set new limits on inmate commissary purchases effective January 12 to address inventory issues.

Six months after an independent prison oversight office was created in Arizona, it remains unfunded. One legislator is ...

A counselor at Lewis Prison in Buckeye was arrested on Jan. 3 after an investigation into drug and contraband cellphone smuggling, according to records filed in Maricopa Superior Court. Berman Comon, ...

PHOENIX — For years, the ABC15 Investigators have reported on problems in Arizona’s prisons. But now, changes are happening under the direction of Dr. Ryan Thornell. He is the new Director of the ...

A Tucson corrections officer is accused of aggravated assault after allegedly punching an inmate several times in the face. Corrections officer Ayden Escarrega has been placed on administrative leave ...

PHOENIX – A West Valley inmate died Tuesday after the second recent fatal gang-related attack in an Arizona prison, authorities said. Jacob Major, 43, died at a Goodyear hospital after an attack at ...

Prison inmates stand in the yard at Arizona State Prison-Kingman in Golden Valley, Arizona, on July 4, 2015. (Patrick Breen/The Arizona Republic via AP) PHOENIX (CN) — A federal judge ordered ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona corrections department whistleblower, who leaked videos exposing broken cell locks inside a state prison, died on Sunday night. Gabriela Contreras was 31 years old. A Goodyear ...