Arizona is en route to creating an oversight office to monitor and report on the state Department of Corrections, ...

The new oversight office will operate independently of current prison director Ryan Thornell and Governor Katie Hobbs.

He called the department’s response “not all that good.” ...

“The Arizona Department of Corrections, along with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, are prepared to fulfill its constitutional obligations, carry out court orders, and deliver justice to ...

His intent was to give Heap free rein to use the money for IT equipment and other duties without any interference from the ...

Lawmakers approved a few last-minute tweaks to state laws before they wrapped up the legislative session they began in ...

Arizona prisoner Abelardo Chaparro fought illegal sentence promising nonexistent parole, setting precedent that freed ...

Arizona enacts a law to compensate the wrongfully convicted, offering financial restitution, record expungement, and ...

The defendants include 29-year-old Tyler Kontos of Mesa and 36-year-old Joel Kupetz of Scottsdale, who have been accused of ...

But under the new rules, state officials are now requiring assisted-living facilities that offer memory care to report an ...

Two Republican lawmakers are blasting Gov. Katie Hobbs for agreeing to some independent oversight of the prison system — but ...

Arizona voters will decide next November whether to designate drug cartels operating across the southern border as terrorist ...