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46 inmates injured in Oklahoma prison riot
(CNN) -- A total of 46 inmates were injured during a prison riot at the North Fork Correctional Facility in western Oklahoma, but there were no fatalities, prison officials said Wednesday. Multiple fights had broken out in the 2,500-bed facility on Tuesday, but order was restored and the facilit... Read More
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AZ prison escapee captured at casino
AZ prison escapee captured at casino Posted: Oct 06, 2011 7:31 PM MST Updated: Oct 06, 2011 7:35 PM MST By Phil Benson - email PHOENIX (KPHO/AP) - An Arizona prison inmate who escaped from a work crew west of Phoenix has been captured. State Department of Corrections o... Read More
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Scottsdale PD: Corrections officer arrested for impersonating police officer at nightclub
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - A man who claimed he was an undercover police officer from Gilbert, Chandler and Glendale was checking girls’ ID cards at a trendy nightclub, according to Scottsdale police, but that man was not in law enforcement. Scottsdale police arrested Kurti... Read More
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Arizona prison safety lacking, report says
Arizona's Department of Corrections needs to do more to improve security at private-contract and state-run prisons, a report released Friday by the state's auditor general concludes. The report credits the department with making many significant improvements since the July 2010 escapes of thre... Read More
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A Respected State Prison Officer Quits Over Dangerous Conditions for Inmates and Guards
By Paul Rubin Thursday, Sep 29 2011 Chuck Bauer loved his job as a lieutenant at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye. He gradually had risen in rank over eight years (in two stints) with the Arizona Department of Corrections, winning Supervisor of the Year at Lewis twice. But the 56-year... Read More
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Convicted Sex Offender Arrested In Man's Slaying
Jamal Mitchell // PHOENIX (KPHO) - A convicted sex offender was arrested Friday in connection with the shooting death of man whose body was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Jamal Mitchell, 36, faces nine charges, including first-degree murder, in... Read More
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Buckeye teen gets life in 2008 murder of corrections officer
A teen convicted in the murder of a Department of Corrections officer was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Felix Vasquez, 19, of Buckeye, was sentenced Aug. 29 in the October 2008 death of Officer Bradley Gerrard, according to Maricopa County Superio... Read More
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Lawsuit aims to block Arizona private-prison plans
A group opposed to privatizing prisons filed suit Monday seeking to block, at least temporarily, state plans to contract for 5,000 new private-prison beds as early as Friday. The state "should not be allowed to hand over another cent of taxpayers' money until the Department (of Corrections) ca... Read More
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Why Did the Arizona Department of Corrections Put a Mentally Ill Man in a Cell With a Convicted Killer?
By Paul Rubin Thursday, Sep 1 2011 Corrections officer Joel Valdovinos was on his rounds right before 1 p.m., delivering lunch and checking on inmates in the four isolation cells in Building A. A minute or two before Valdovinos entered the area pushing a lunch cart, inmate Joel Hughes claims to... Read More
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Corrections Officer Arrested In Mesa
Mesa police arrested a Department of Corrections officer and his brother on suspicion of having sex with two girls aged 15 and 16 on three separate occasions. Officers arrested Corrections Officer Leon Scott, 34, at 9:20 p.m. Friday. His 24-year-old, unemployed brother, Anthony Kniffin, was ta... Read More
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