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.

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

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

He notifies the governor and key staff members. * 7 a.m. - Wassenaar demands a helicopter and a pizza. * 7:14 a.m. - Corrections Director Dora Schriro is contacted out of state and returns to Arizona.

The drowning happened after regular hours at the public pool at Hamilton Aquatic Center in south Chandler on June 29, ...

Arizona state Senate Republicans are seeking answers after the latest in a series of inmate deaths. The senators are asking ...

Arizona's ADCRR releases a vague follow-up to elected officials' inquiry, claiming commitment to transparency.

Three inmates died at a prison in Tucson on April 4, authorities confirmed. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry said "an altercation" at the Arizona State Prison Complex in ...

Sanders has been involved in a long-running dispute with the board since shortly after she brought Joe Profiri, formerly the deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, to Arkansas ...

The Arizona Department of Economic Security (AZDES) has announced it will lay off about 5% of its workforce, approximately 500 employees, as reported by ABC15. This comes in the wake of ...