June 26, 2026
As researcher Michele Deitch explained in a 2020 report for Arizona State University, the state’s prisons have been under scrutiny for more than a decade for a variety of reasons: inadequate supervision and suicide prevention, broken locks on cell doors, high rates of assaults on inmates and staff, and a lack of transparency. Additionally, the prison healthcare system in Arizona is currently under a federal receivership order for failure to comply with a prior injunction.