PHOENIX - Detention officers in Maricopa County have seized more than 150 fentanyl pills from inmates from one facility in the past week, according to the county sheriff's office. In total, 260 pills ...

After inmate deaths in Maricopa County jails reached new highs during former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s last few years in office, the numbers started trending in the other direction, according to a new ...

PHOENIX — In recognition of Veteran’s Day, detained veterans at a Maricopa County jail in Arizona were treated to a special “Honor Walk” on Wednesday. Since the veterans could not attend Phoenix’s ...

12 overdoses have been reported over the past week at Estrella Jail in Phoenix. One of the inmates who overdosed died. MCSO say the overdoses stem from undetected drug smuggling into the jail. PHOENIX ...

PHOENIX — A new partnership between Maricopa County, the state of Arizona and various non-profit organizations is allowing inmates to apply for health insurance before being released from prison.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone says 83 jail inmates have been removed from the work furlough program over drug issues. At a news conference Tuesday, Penzone said 72 inmates tested positive for ...

Some inmates at Maricopa County jails are going on a three-day hunger strike to protest the quality and frequency of the food they are served, according to a Phoenix activist. There have been ...

Loretta Johnson has been sitting in Maricopa County’s women’s jail for nearly a year during the coronavirus pandemic. She has watched while highly infectious variants of the virus, such as Delta and ...

An inmate accused of attacking and killing an officer at Maricopa County's Lower Buckeye Jail in 2019 was convicted of manslaughter after more than three years of prosecution, according to Maricopa ...

PHOENIX — Valley families came together Saturday night for a solemn reason: they have all lost a loved one who died while incarcerated. One of those families coordinated a candlelight vigil at ...

On Wednesday morning, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $7 million to the family of a man who died after a use-of-force incident in a county jail while former Sheriff Joe Arpaio ...