Keyword: 'Department of Corrections'

Keyword: Department of Corrections

Hobbs proposes $16.2B spending plan with cuts to …

1/12/2024

PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed a $16.2 billion spending plan built on cuts to vouchers that are unlikely to survive the Republican-controlled Legislature.

State prison panel tells Hobbs they need time, staff, …

12/26/2023

PHOENIX — Members of a special panel appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to look at the state prison system are telling her they can’t do the job she asked them to do: provide actual — and meaningful — oversight of the $1.1 billion operation where about 35,000 people are locked up.

State inmate in Florence gets death sentence for 2014 …

8/24/2023

A prisoner at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman South Unit in Florence has been sentenced to death for the 2014 killing of another inmate. A Pinal County Superior Court jury sentenced Julio …

Hobbs' choice to head Arizona prison system gets …

6/6/2023

PHOENIX — A Senate panel voted Tuesday to recommend confirmation of a new head of the state prison system after he assured them his agency is ready to again start executing inmates on death row.

Land in Goodyear leased to Duncan Family Farms, …

3/24/2021

Much to the chagrin of some nearby residents, 1,060 acres of state-owned land leased to Duncan Family Farms in Goodyear may soon be home to office and industrial buildings, including a Samsung semiconductor manufacturing plant.

Florence revenue will take a hit with prison complex …

2/12/2021

The recent escape of two inmates from the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence has reignited discussions about the eventual closure of the complex and its economic impact on the town. At his …

Manhunt for prison escapees continues

1/25/2021

Authorities are conducting house-to-house searches are they attempt to re-capture two inmates who escaped from the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence on Saturday night, Jan, 23. At a press …

Prison officials across Arizona given new order on …

11/11/2019

PHOENIX — State prison officials have been ordered to revise their policy of what inmates can — and cannot — see and read.

Judge asks whether Arizona prison health care deal …

10/14/2019

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge who has criticized Arizona's persistent noncompliance with a settlement requiring improvements to health care for prisoners has ordered lawyers for the state and inmates to decide whether they want to throw out the 5-year-old deal and instead bring the case to trial.