A sheriff’s office spokesperson said the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is ... The safety of staff and inmates is our top priority, and we’re committed to ensuring this doesn’t ...

Fentanyl continues to be a problem across the Valley and inside Maricopa County jails. We learned two full-body scanners will be installed here at the inmate intake, transfer, and release jail. It's t ...

Deputies say inmates are smuggling drugs into the jail by hiding them inside their bodies, making it nearly impossible to detect. The Maricopa County jail system has the fourth-largest inmate ...

Arizona state lawmakers advanced a bill on Monday which will let Maricopa County voters choose whether to approve a tax extension.

What we know: Maricopa County’s Estrella Jail in Phoenix is home to a little more than 900 female inmates. Each woman is facing different charges, and they all have different stories.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone ... which is next to the Estrella Jail facility, as a show of solidarity with inmates, some of whom indicated they would stage a three-day food strike.

In the heart of Maricopa County, Arizona, stands Towers Jail - a facility that was never meant to last but became a permanent fixture in the U.S. incarceration system. Originally built in 1982 as a ...