Perryville

Susan Brock's on Her Best Behavior in Prison -- One Year Without a Disciplinary Infraction

Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, apparently has been on her best behavior in prison.A few weeks ago, Brock officially made it one full year without a disciplinary infraction, since being found guilty of the world's lamest prison disciplinary infraction in l ... More >>

Another DOC Inmate Steals Car, Escapes Custody

​For the second time in just over a year, an Arizona prison inmate has stolen a car and escaped custody.The latest con to escape the clutches of the Arizona Department of Corrections: 40-year-old Dyan Castorena.According to the DOC, Castorena was was working at the Manheim Auto Auction in Tolleson ... More >>

Susan Brock's Prison Disciplinary Infraction: it Involves a Bathroom

ADCFour months into her 13-year prison sentence, and Susan Brock has already earned her first ADC disciplinary infraction.​We got our hands on the disciplinary write-up Susan Brock, the supposedly estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, received in prison last month. As far as b ... More >>

Susan Brock Not Playing Nice in Prison; Gets First Disciplinary Infraction Four Months into 13-Year Sentence

ADC Four months into her 13-year prison sentence, and Susan Brock has already earned her first ADC disciplinary infraction.​The same day this week's New Times cover story, "Brocked Up," hit newsstands across the Valley, it was brought to our attention that the (ahem) star of the story, Susa ... More >>

Brenda Todd's Death: Did Arizona Department of Corrections Personnel Ignore Her Cries for Help?

Arizona prison inmate Brenda Todd, who died in ADC custody January 21Like most death announcements from the Arizona Department of Corrections, the one for Brenda Todd, who died January 21 in custody at Goodyear's Perryville Prison, is spare and unemotional.It relates that Todd, 44, was found unrespo ... More >>

Phoenix Mom Gets 1.75 Years for Sending Teens to Rough Up Ex-Boyfriend

  Image: Arizona Department of Corrections Katherine Faye White received 1.75 years in prison after sending a group of teens to rough up her ex-boyfriend.​A Phoenix woman who sent her daughter and other teens to rough up her ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to 1.75 years in prison ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 1, 2010

Courtney Bisbee Is Assaulted in Prison, and a Band of Skinhead-Collaring Cops Gets Busted Up

Debbie Milke Was Convicted of Murdering Her Own Child, Now She May Win Her Freedom (or, At Least, a New Trial)

Arizona’s Shameless About the Cage Death of Marcia Powell

Marcia Powell's Autopsy Report Rules Cage Death in ADC Custody an "Accident"

Marcia Powell, who died in ADC custody May 20 The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office has released the autopsy report and toxicology results for Marcia Powell, the 48-year-old woman who died May 20 after being confined to a human cage at Perryville Prison in Goodyear for some four h ... More >>

Marcia Powell Did Have Next of Kin, Says Guardian During Hearing

Why was Marcia Powell's plug pulled so quickly, when an investigation has now revealed next of kin?During a hearing today in Commissioner Michael Hintze's courtroom, the public guardian for Marcia Powell -- the inmate who died May 20 after prolonged exposure to 107 degree temperatures in an outside ... More >>

Hot Links: Inmate Dies, Nash Seeks Raise, and APS Sprays

A female inmate at Perryville state prison died early Wednesday after being left outside in a holding cell for four hours in temperatures above 100 degrees. The inmate, Marcia Powell, 48, was serving a 27-month sentence for prostitution...Phoenix police have released the names of burglary ... More >>

Courtney Bisbee's Parents Fight to Visit Their Granddaughter

Camille and Tom Tilley, seeking the right to visit their grandchild Taylor Lee.Judge Michael Gordon's cupboard-sized Phoenix courtroom was packed Wednesday afternoon with supporters of both Courtney Bisbee and Bisbee's parents Camille and Tom Tilley. Family court seldom gets th ... More >>

Courtney Bisbee and County Pettifogger Gerald R. Grant

Courtney Bisbee with her daughter Taylor Lee, from whom she's been separated since 2005. How do deputy prosecutors sleep at night, when they are charged by their elected bosses to rack up as many warm bodies in prison as possible, to overlook exculpatory evidence, to cull only those facts from ... More >>

The Wily Warbler Visits Ciria Lopez-Pacheco and Courtney Bisbee Behind Bars

Andrew Thomas Ignores Evidence That Courtney Bisbee Was Wrongly Convicted of Child Molestation As Supporters Work to Free Her

The fight to free Courtney Bisbee: Her supporters rally at the Arizona state capitol.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 8, 2005

Back to the Future

The past is catching up with the Vietnamese son of a black American soldier

Unlikely Unabomber

One of Arpaio's grandest busts faces a serious legal challenge

Life Interrupted

Derrick Allen was ruined thanks to a shoddy investigation. It's time he be given his life back.

The Vampire Strikes Back

An underground newsletter is drawing blood at the Department of Corrections

Arizona's Worst Criminal

Infamous killer Robert Comer now says he's the one who should die

Payback Time

Nancy Etta Elliston goes to prison for stealing assets she was supposed to protect

The Farm Side

Vegging out at the Valley's hippest hoe shebang!

Marked Man

Felix Medina and his gang compatriots ruthlessly ruled a south central neighborhood. Now the party's over.

The Plot To Assassinate Arpaio

It was a diabolical scheme. Problem is, most of it was hatched by the Sheriff's Office.

One Way Out

Ascent of a Woman

Meet Jane Hull. She's probably your next governor.

Jail Suits Could Cost County Taxpayers Tens of Millions

Mall Americans

A fledgling indoor-football league is a steppingstone -- for some, to the future; for others, to the past

JUDICIAL INDESCRETIONSCONSERVATIVES PROPOSING NEW LAWS TO STEM FLOOD OF LAWSUITS BY INMATES

THE TRUCK STOPS HERE

RECYCLING MADE EASY! PHOENIX PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS CA ALCADE OF TRASH.