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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.
Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Ongoing security concerns have caused lockdowns and paused visitations at several state prisons in ...
Arizona inmate Ricky Wassenaar, currently serving 16 life sentences, is now being accused of killing three inmates.
Ricky Wassenaar was convicted on 19 charges, including kidnapping, after a hostage situation at an Arizona state prison in ...
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 ...
An Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences killed three other inmates at a state prison in Tucson, according to officials.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Three prison inmates are dead following an altercation reported at a facility in southern Arizona. The deadly altercation occurred Friday morning at the state's correctional facility ...
the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) said. Corrections officials identified Ricky Wassenaar as the "sole suspect" in the deaths of three inmates on Friday ...
Now, ABC15 has learned two more inmates died this week and their deaths are being investigated as potential homicides.
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 ...