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The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry says it placed restrictions on several state prisons ...
Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence ...
Arizona inmate Ricky Wassenaar, currently serving 16 life sentences, is now being accused of killing three inmates.
Another inmate has been killed inside an Arizona state prison, just days after three others were murdered in a different ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Ongoing security concerns have caused lockdowns and paused visitations at several state prisons in ...
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.
An Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences killed three other inmates at a state prison in Tucson, according to officials.
Ricky Wassenaar had a lengthy criminal history that grew during his time in prison. He is currently serving 16 life sentences ...
Now, ABC15 has learned two more inmates died this week and their deaths are being investigated as potential homicides.
Ricky Wassenaar was convicted on 19 charges, including kidnapping, after a hostage situation at an Arizona state prison in ...
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry said the suspect was Ricky Wassenaar, a man who led an attempted prison escape in 2004. Before the attempted escape, Wassenaar was ...
the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) said. Corrections officials identified Ricky Wassenaar as the "sole suspect" in the deaths of three inmates on Friday ...