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Prisoners Hang Themselves in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jails at a Rate That Dwarfs Other County Lockups

By Michael Lacey
Nov 24, 2015

How many people have died in our sheriff's jails? Six months ago, on May 4, 2015, I asked a spokesman for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a cadaver count. It was not an idle question. Since he was elected sheriff in 1993, county taxpayers have shelled out more than...
Caitlyn Jenner Had a Glamorous Coming Out, but What About Other Transgender People?

By Michael Lacey
Oct 7, 2015

Sex and suicide have no natural link. They don't go together any more than date and rape, unless . . . Unless you are transgender. If you know an individual who is transgender, your that person is likely to attempt suicide at a rate that, in sheer scope, invites comparison...
Parade of Corpses: An American Bicyclist Becomes the Latest Inmate to Be Killed Carelessly in Arpaio's Jails

By Michael Lacey
Jun 3, 2015

Guadalupe Torres held her head in weathered hands. Tears trickled between her fingers. In a world with a God, your children do not die before you. But Guadalupe's son, Felix, did, in fact, pass over. He was 47. Abuela Guadalupe is that saddest of women. No faithless husband ever inflicted...
When It Comes to Identification, Prisoners Are Held in Higher Esteem Than Migrants

By Michael Lacey
Feb 18, 2015

Esther Escalante has the chaste presence of a church lady, which, in fact, she is. Her husband is pastor at Phoenix Tabernacle in South Phoenix. The Tabernacle is a Pentecostal church that mixes hellfire with live music (including an accordian played in a way that would have terrified Lawrence Welk)...
A Dispute Over Leash Laws Starts a Neighborhood Battle

By Michael Lacey
Jun 26, 2014

It was not as though Lulu lacked manners. However! It was Cinco de Mayo, and sometimes a girl just . . . loses all self-control. When the front door swung open, Lulu took one look at the chaos inside the home and threw herself into the party. She went straight...

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