A counselor at Lewis Prison in Buckeye was arrested on Jan. 3 after an investigation into drug and contraband cellphone smuggling, according to records filed in Maricopa Superior Court. Berman Comon, ...

Arizona's ADCRR set new limits on inmate commissary purchases effective January 12 to address inventory issues.

PHOENIX — Former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan pleaded no contest Tuesday to disorderly conduct stemming from an encounter in which police say he fired a gun inside his Tempe home in early ...

A former prison guard has been sentenced to 15 months for smuggling cocaine as part of an undercover FBI sting. Barnum Haitshan, a former Arizona Department of Corrections officer, was one of dozens ...

BUCKEYE, AZ (AZFamily) — An Arizona corrections officer who works as a state prison counselor is accused of smuggling in drugs and cellphones for inmates and being paid up to $5,000 per trip to do so, ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KVOA) - Arizona's prison system is in crisis with rising violence and staffing shortages, according to Barry DeFeo, Executive President of the Arizona Corrections Association. "Murders ...

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S.