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Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence ...
The state Department of Corrections stated several units will be closed to visitors over the Easter holiday weekend while prisons go on lockdown.
PHOENIX — Multiple Arizona state prisons will be on lockdown through Easter weekend due to unspecified security concerns.
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Ongoing security concerns have caused lockdowns at several state prisons in Arizona.
The deaths mark the fourth and fifth suspicious inmate deaths in April 2025. The deaths also come after a triple homicide in a Tucson prison.
Daniel Montoya was killed in Arizona's Lewis Prison, marking the state's fourth prison murder in eight days. BUCKEYE, Ariz. — Another inmate has been killed inside an Arizona state prison, just days ...
Now, ABC15 has learned two more inmates died this week and their deaths are being investigated as potential homicides.
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 killing of Ted Price ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The concern surrounding understaffing at Arizona state prisons has grown ever since a federal judge ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections to fix staffing shortages ...
A notorious criminal known for taking two prison guards hostage in Buckeye back in 2004 is accused of killing three inmates ...
Arizona inmate Ricky Wassenaar, currently serving 16 life sentences, is now being accused of killing three inmates.
One of Arizona’s most notorious prisoners was able to kill three fellow inmates because of significant security failures and ...