A Shasta County Grand Jury report attributes five inmate deaths in the past year to inmate lifestyles, including addiction and risk-taking behaviors. The jail's increasing population of convicted ...

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap’s plan to mail ballots to voters who did not request them in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District primary election has some fellow Republicans speaking out.

We are getting a glimpse of the housing conditions for convicted killer Lori Vallow Daybell during her time at Maricopa County's Estrella Jail. She is alone in her cell for 23 hours each day.

Maricopa County residents have always understood this, and in 1998 and again in 2002 wisely voted to set aside revenue — a 1/5 of a cent sales tax — to pay for jail facilities to help keep our ...

FOX 10 Phoenix 2 overdoses reported at Maricopa County jail Posted: February 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 9, 2025 Two people overdosed at the Estrella Jail on Tuesday night, the Maricopa County ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Maricopa County relies on a tax to fund jails and public safety. It’s been paid for decades and brings in a couple hundred million dollars a year. The “jail facilities ...

PHOENIX — Maricopa County officials have been advised to pursue the extension of a small tax that provides significant funding for the metro Phoenix jail system. With the Jail Excise Tax set to ...

Maricopa County approved a multimillion-dollar settlement for the in-custody jail death of a man in the throes of a mental health crisis. The Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to give $ ...

That said, Avondale processed all of 3,500 or so people into its jails last year. Maricopa County’s daily jail population in 2023 was more than 6,500 people. And while vendors boast nothing but ...

A jail that for more than two decades drew international attention for its gimmicks and the camera-ready sheriff had no such fanfare in its twilight hours. Tent City, Maricopa County’s ...

An investigation by The Arizona Republic found the Maricopa County jail system has one of the highest death rates in the country. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office operates five jails ...

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - Five Maricopa County jail inmates were treated for signs of an overdose over the weekend, the sheriff's office said. On May 7, the inmates from Towers Jail near 27th ...