A new Arizona law is supposed to establish an independent office to provide oversight of state prisons, but lawmakers didn’t ...

Criminal justice reform advocates are still hopeful the office can secure outside funding and bring much-needed transparency ...

A man is prison-bound in connection with forcing a teen into prostitution, AZ officials said. He used some of the money on his son’s birthday, officials said.

The state Department of Corrections stated several units will be closed to visitors over the Easter holiday weekend while prisons go on lockdown.

An Arizona prison inmate serving 16 life sentences for a 2004 standoff at a correctional institution is suspected of killing three inmates last week, officials said.

An Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences killed three other inmates at a state prison in Tucson, according to officials. Ricky Wassenaar is accused of killing Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and ...

Ricky Wassenaar, serving 16 life sentences in Arizona, is accused of killing three inmates over two days. Authorities are investigating, raising concerns about prison safety and management.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD /Gray News) - A prisoner serving 16 life sentences is accused of killing three inmates at an Arizona state prison on Friday. According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, ...

3 dead, including two convicted pedophiles, after ‘altercation’ in Arizona State Prison Police believe a suspect involved in an infamous hostage situation killed the inmates ...

A notorious prisoner killed three fellow inmates, including two convicted pedophiles, during a prison brawl in Arizona on Friday, the state’s Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and ...

The ABC15 Investigators have been receiving emails from people across the state worried about conditions inside Arizona prisons because of the lack of air conditioning inside many of the units.