"I'm kind of freaking out about how many murders there have been, and how many attacks there have been on both guards and inmates." ...

PHOENIX — There’s nothing wrong with the system used to classify the security risk of Arizona prison inmates, even if it did result in one prisoner being able to kill three fellow inmates at the ...

Arizona lawmakers questioned the state's prisons director about increased prison violence and inmate homicides in 2025. Former wardens criticized the prison system's drug-treatment program and inmate ...

Arizona lawmakers grilled prisons Director Ryan Thornell during an Aug. 26 hearing after reports of a rise in violence and inmate homicides. “This hearing is not just a formality,” Sen. Kevin Payne, R ...