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 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences for his role in an escape attempt and hostage standoff at the Lewis Complex prison in Buckeye in 2004. For the past 20 years, ...

A 50-year-old state prison inmate in Yuma died Dec. 11 after he was apparently attacked by fellow inmates, state corrections officials say. The death of Leon Indian, who was in prison serving a ...