FLORENCE, Ariz. -- A jail inmate in Arizona is hospitalized after authorities say he pulled one of his eyeballs out of its socket. Sheriff's officials in Pinal County, just southeast of Phoenix, say ...

FLORENCE, AZ (AZFamily) — State lawmakers are demanding answers after a dangerous inmate tricked the prison system into releasing him decades before his sentence was up. You could call it a clever ...

FLORENCE, Ariz. -- A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half during his execution Wednesday before he died in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding ...

PHOENIX (KVOA) - The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry has announced the upcoming execution of Richard Djerf, scheduled for Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Arizona State ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona inmate at the Lewis state prison complex is accused of using fraudulent court documents to get released in June, years before his sentence was up. David Cramer submitted ...

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry has set an execution date for Richard Djerf. Djerf is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17, 2025. Djerf pleaded guilty to four counts of ...

Two inmates from the same Arizona prison died in consecutive days, adding to an already lengthy list that has the state’s Senate Republicans pressing prison officials and Gov. Katie Hobbs for answers ...

Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, died in ICE custody at a Mesa hospital after being detained at a Florence prison. Batrez Vargas, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in early August on drug-related ...