Last October, Norali Ramirez Talavera was booked into the 4th Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix after getting arrested during a traffic stop. Detention officers found her about 48 hours later hanging in ...

After inmate deaths in Maricopa County jails reached new highs during former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s last few years in office, the numbers started trending in the other direction, according to a new ...

PHOENIX - Detention officers in Maricopa County have seized more than 150 fentanyl pills from inmates from one facility in the past week, according to the county sheriff's office. In total, 260 pills ...

12 overdoses have been reported over the past week at Estrella Jail in Phoenix. One of the inmates who overdosed died. MCSO say the overdoses stem from undetected drug smuggling into the jail. PHOENIX ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man in custody with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is being accused of killing a fellow inmate, according to the Maricopa ...

A federal lawsuit alleges Maricopa County jail guards failed to protect an inmate who was killed by his cellmate. The lawsuit claims guards ignored the victim's and other inmates' pleas for help ...

PHOENIX — In recognition of Veteran’s Day, detained veterans at a Maricopa County jail in Arizona were treated to a special “Honor Walk” on Wednesday. Since the veterans could not attend Phoenix’s ...

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County jail system may start charging inmates a daily fee for meals. According to ABC15, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that the estimated 8,300 inmates in county tents and jails will ...

Maricopa County Jail has received more media coverage than almost any other jail in the U.S. But, no one has ever gone as deep inside, spent as much time, or uncovered as many provocative stories ...

Some inmates at Maricopa County jails are going on a three-day hunger strike to protest the quality and frequency of the food they are served, according to a Phoenix activist. There have been ...

On Wednesday morning, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $7 million to the family of a man who died after a use-of-force incident in a county jail while former Sheriff Joe Arpaio ...

A man in custody with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is being accused of killing a fellow inmate, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Muhammad Toure, 26, is charged on suspicion ...