Elijah Palmer, a minimum custody risk inmate, escaped early Saturday morning from the Whetstone Unit at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson.

An inmate died at Onvida Health Yuma Regional Medical Center on Jan. 22, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry announced on Friday. ASPC-Yuma staff found 77-year-old inmate John Smith, ADCRR #369525, with injuries likely caused by a physical altercation. They began performing life-saving measures with medical personnel.

Two independent contractors who worked on Arizona executions in 2022 received $60,000 in cash each, said retired U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the decision by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland did not change her view of Arizona's death protocol.

The bill proposes allowing ICE to rent the Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility and the state prison in Florence.

Multiple county sheriff's office's already have agreements with ICE. Those that do not, may be mandated to do so by next year.

The governor announced a series of reforms after corrections officers brutally beat an inmate in Central New York prison who later died.

A 54-year-old Boulder man was recently sentenced to state prison for ignoring court orders and traveling with a teenage girl to Arizona where the two planned to get married.

Oklahoma's only female death row inmate, Brenda Andrew, 61, could get another chance in court due to "sex-shaming" during her trial, per a Tuesday Supreme Court ruling.

Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion, but haven't accounted publicly for the deaths tied to the scheme.

Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) threw cold water on President Donald Trump's call to pass "one big beautiful bill" to fund the government and mass deportations at the same time.During a Monday interview on Steve Bannon's War Room,

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan says he expects some deportees to make a stop in his jails on their way out of the country.