The sheriff's office announced that four inmates were rushed to the hospital on Valentine's Day at about 1 a.m. for a suspected drug overdose. One of those inmates later died. Eight other suspected ...

Two people overdosed at the Estrella Jail on Tuesday night, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said. This comes after the ...

An Estrella Jail inmate died of a fatal overdose in the early hours of Valentine's Day, according to the Maricopa County ...

An inmate is dead after a dozen overdoses were reported over the past week at Estrella Jail in Phoenix, MCSO said.

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan stood by his decision to stop scanning detention officers for contraband and drugs in ...

Reports expose fatal flaws in prison inmate classification, leading to murders in Arizona and Tennessee jails.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how illegal narcotics have been getting into jail facilities after a series of recent overdoses involving people in its custody.

He moved away from his family in Texas, landing in and out of homelessness in Arizona ... around 200-250 inmates a day which equals to 80,000 or 90,000 people a year,” MCSO Sergeant Joaquin ...

A former employee has sued Sheriff Billy Woods and accused the sheriff's office of unlawfully retaliating against her because she repeatedly questioned inmate health care at the Marion County Jail.

A former Marion County Sheriff's Office employee has filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Billy Woods alleging retaliation after reporting concerns about inmate medical care. Mary Coy claims she was ...

In the meeting, Coy expressed concerns about a number of issues regarding inmates' health care The lawsuit says Bowen became upset during the meeting. Though the jail is operated by the MCSO, inmate ...

An inmate died at Onvida Health Yuma Regional Medical Center on Jan. 22, the Arizona Department of ... He was sentenced from Maricopa County for manslaughter. After emergency services were ...