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31 Jul 2007, 4:44 am
About 360 inmates from California, which has one of the nation's most crowded prison systems, are in Arizona and Tennessee. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
” They show that an “unacceptable risk of racial prejudice” continues to burden the application of death penalty statutes.It is, of course, far too early to know whether the Arizona public defenders will succeed in derailing the state’s capital prosecutions. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 3:13 pm by CJLF Staff
  The measure is intended to reduce the number of inmates in the overcrowded state prison system and keep low level offenders closer to their homes, where drug treatment and mental health services are available. [read post]
10 Apr 2021, 11:18 pm by HSnader
  Registration Requirements for Travel A person in the sex offenders registry in Arizona must register themselves in states that they will be visiting with at least 10 days’ stay. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 5:06 am
They will require additional marshals for courtroom and cellblock operations and will rapidly fill vacant beds in federal detention centers in Arizona and other states, fueling added prisoner transportation and housing costs. [read post]
29 Aug 2023, 12:00 am
Possessing a narcotic drug such as fentanyl is a Class 4 felony under Arizona Revised Statute §13-3408 (A)(1) and a conviction means a prison sentence of one year to 1.5 years followed by life-changing consequences. [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 7:47 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
In Arizona, for example, where drug possession and distribution account for nearly one out of every three prison admissions, reductions in admissions and time served could lead to 23,023 fewer people in prison by 2025, at a cost savings to the state of over $1 billion. [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 8:30 am by azatty
Mandatory minimum sentencing, truth-in-sentencing, and three-strikes maximum punishments have greatly increased prison populations in Arizona and elsewhere, taking greater shares of state budgets. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 7:53 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
 Additionally, as NPR reported two years ago, CCA was for many years involved in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization of state legislators and corporations that drafted the basis for Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB1070 and that has consistently advocated for harsh sentencing and detention laws. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 1:50 pm by Joseph Erlichman, P.C.
These systemic practices violated fundamental safety requirements and subjected Hawaii prisoners to rampant gang violence in under-staffed prison units. [read post]
5 May 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Pretty much the sort of stunt you’d expect from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio [Arizona Republic, Phoenix New Times, ABA Journal, our coverage of Arpaio over the years] “State ‘Competitor Veto’ Laws and the Right to Earn a Living” [Tim Sandefur, Mercatus] Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs gives first post-prison interview [Jackson Clarion-Ledger] New book by Judge and former Senator James Buckley makes case for eliminating federal… [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 7:30 am
That is more revenue than CCA receives from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, California, Texas, and the company’s home state of Tennessee combined. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 1:58 pm by admin
The San Francisco Chronicle reported this week that four men have been arrested in Arizona for growing more than 12,500 marijuana plants on federal property located in the northwestern part of the state. [read post]
28 Jul 2021, 12:00 am
The financial burden for a DUI in AZ can be expensive with fines and surcharges totaling $1,510.50 which includes $500 for public safety equipment and another $500 payable to Arizona’s prison fund. [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 7:37 am by Michael O'Hear
Keep in mind that unlike prison systems which have expanded enormously since the 1970s, police forces have increased only a fraction. [read post]