By Priya Jandu/Arizona Sonora News Florence, Arizona, is known for a few things: the annual County Thunder music festival, a few triathlons, an annual motorcycle run and, most notably, the prison complex. With Gov. Doug Ducey’s announcement of plans to close the 112-year-old Arizona State Prison Complex — Florence during his State of the State…
For 23 minutes, Tucson prison guards recorded Anthony Lester bleeding to death. Lester slit his throat, wrists and legs with a razor he never should have been given. Lester suffered from schizophrenia. Before he committed suicide, he told his family that the voices in his head were getting worse. The recording can be found here….
California’s incarceration rate is among the highest in the nation, but what cost the state $10 billion in 2007 costs $8 billion today. State officials saved the $2 billion by reducing prison sentences for non-violent felons and residents have not seen any rise in recidivism rates. If Arizona reduced prison term for non-violent felons, more than…
PHOENIX — Following closed-door negotiations, Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican House and Senate leaders unveiled a budget deal this week and moved swiftly to push the budget bills through the legislative process. Late Thursday, it appeared the GOP leadership didn’t have the votes to pass the budget deal, but negotiations continued. The new $9.1 billion…
