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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com BONITA – Two women were arrested and booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on Feb. 11 after allegedly attempting to smuggle 1.5 pounds of …
Women busted attempting to smuggle meth and other contraband into prison Read More TweetPinShareStaff Reports FORT GRANT – A brazen attempt to smuggle a cache of drugs and contraband into the Arizona State Department of Corrections’ Fort Grant Unit ended in a fruitless …
Suspected drug smuggler flees into Arizona desert after attempted delivery at Fort Grant Prison Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A prison cell will most likely be the final home for an elderly Pima man who pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation charges. Virgil …
Elderly Pima man sentenced to prison on child sexual exploitation charges Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto of Art of Our Soul at ASPC-Lewis, courtesy Brandon Lee Contributed Article/Courtesy Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry BUCKEYE – At Thursday’s ribbon cutting ceremony, the Arizona State …
Innovative Therapeutic Art and Music Program Launching for the First Time Inside a U.S. Prison Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Vance Edward Davidson, 34, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual conduct with his underage niece. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Pima …
Man who repeatedly sexually assaulted underage niece sentenced to 25 years in prison Read More
TweetPinShareA United States District Judge at the Evo A. Deconcini Courthouse building in Tucson sentenced a Pima man to 8 years in prison for child pornography. His wife is set …
Pima man sentenced to 8 years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Former football coach Sean Hinton will be sentenced to between 7.5 and 15 years on drug charges. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Facing a possibility of …
Former high school football coach to serve 7.5 – 15 years in prison for fentanyl sales Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo: Judge Travis W. Ragland sent a probation violator to prison for 2.5 years. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man was sentenced to 2.5 years …
Judge sentences probation violator to 2.5 years in prison Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Emily Maj/Cronkite News: Gov. Katie Hobbs said she created an independent prison oversight commission to address “really serious corrections issues and a lack of urgency to deal with …
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs creates an independent prison oversight commission Read More
TweetPinShareSeveral inmates were hospitalized after an incident at FCI-Safford on Thursday night. Inmates reportedly suffered minor injuries and have returned to the prison By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – “Several” …
Prison incident at FCI-Safford sends ‘several’ inmates to the hospital Read More