Latest Stories

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  Undiagnosed MRSA Infection Forced Arizona Inmate to Undergo Open Heart Surgery

  September 13 at 7:30 a.m.

  Prison health care provider Corizon failed for more than a month to diagnosed Waylon Collingwood's MRSA infection.

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  Barely Trained Inmate Loses Finger Working at Hickman's Egg Farm

  September 12 at 8:30 a.m.

  Another inmate's hand was crushed in a machine, and one woman was impaled in the groin.

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  'I'm Gonna Die in Here': 19-Year-Old Mentally Ill Woman Remains in Jail for Spitting

  August 22 at 7 a.m.

  A leaked video shows Valentina Gloria accrued charges after she spit, while handcuffed, during a mental health episode.

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  Facing $1.2 Million Fine, ADC Blames Corizon-Centurion Handoff for Its Failures

  August 21 at 1:31 p.m.

  The change in contractors took place this summer, but ADC's failure to provide decent health care to prisoners has gone on for years.

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  New Prison Health Care Company Centurion Is No Better Than Corizon, Families Say

  August 19 at 8 a.m.

  “Nothing has changed, and everything is just as lousy,” said one woman whose incarcerated son suffers from a host of medical problems.

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  Arizona Department of Corrections Director Chuck Ryan Suddenly Retires

  August 9 at 2:56 p.m.

  Chuck Ryan, director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, announced his retirement today following months of criticism.