Senator Kevin Payne sent a letter to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry requesting more information after Ricky Wassenaar killed three fellow inmates.

An Arizona Senate committee is launching a probe into the state corrections department after an inmate allegedly killed three ...

Over the weekend, the Arizona Democratic Party got into a bitter fight that spilled into the public view. The timing could not be worse as they prepare for the midterm elections. Dennis Welch reports.

Ryan Romero-Encinas has been sentenced for 13 years for manslaughter charges in connection to a shooting at a University of Arizona volleyball court in September last year.

Earlier this month, three inmates were killed at the Tucson Prison Complex. State Senator Kevin Payne is now launching a ...

Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence ...

The judge’s dismissal order states that the government moved to dismiss the case. In an email on Monday, a spokesperson for ...

Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman Kevin Payne announced he is launching a probe into the Arizona Department of ...

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry says it placed restrictions on several state prisons ...

The state Department of Corrections stated several units will be closed to visitors over the Easter holiday weekend while prisons go on lockdown.

PHOENIX — Multiple Arizona state prisons will be on lockdown through Easter weekend due to unspecified security concerns.

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.