MCSO say the overdoses stem from undetected drug smuggling into the jail. PHOENIX - An inmate is dead after a dozen overdoses were reported over the past week at a Maricopa County jail.

according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. MCSO releases data on recent deaths in the jails. In 2023, 41 inmates died while in jail, and in 2024, there were 27 deaths. So far this year ...

ELOY, Ariz. (KVOA) - Inmate Dupree Rollins, 22, died on March 23 at La Palma Correctional Center. Rollins was serving a ...

The jail excise tax remains the backbone of public safety funding in Maricopa County. Voters must be given ... provide mandated health services to inmates, and fund probation and other essential ...

Arpaio, who was the Maricopa County sheriff from 1993 to 2017 ... Nelson said some prison and jail officials think if inmates go through humiliating conditions, more people will choose not ...