The Arizona Legislature approved a prison oversight office but allocated zero funding to run it, according to supporters who are speaking out.

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A new office, signed into law by Gov. Katie Hobbs, aims to bring reform and transparency to Arizona's prison system but is already facing funding challenges.

After more than a decade of reports of appalling medical neglect and brutality in its prisons, Arizona created an independent oversight body. Then it defunded it.

Weeks after Arizona lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to create an independent oversight office to monitor its deeply troubled prison system, the new office's future is in question after its funding ...

Arizona passed a law creating an independent oversight office for state prisons. The office lacks funding to operate, causing concern among advocates and lawmakers. The oversight office aims to ...

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A 73-year-old man from Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to four years in prison after traveling to Washington to meet with what he thought was a 13-year-old boy.

An Arizona man receives prison time for traveling to Washington to engage in sexual acts with a fictitious minor.

A 37-year-old Tucson man has been sentenced to six years in prison for both drug charges as well as his role in a human smuggling operation.

An international gang leader serving life sentences for drug trafficking in Arizona used Monopoly’s “Get out of jail free” card to traffic drugs into Massachusetts from prison, the U.S ...