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 ...

Arizona lawmakers grilled prisons Director Ryan Thornell during an Aug. 26 hearing after reports of a rise in violence and inmate homicides. “This hearing is not just a formality,” Sen. Kevin Payne, R ...

An Arizona inmate who orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot from behind bars recently had his prison sentence extended by 20 years.

An Arizona inmate was mistakenly released 22 years early after officials accepted fraudulent court documents. The inmate, David Cramer, was free for over two months ...