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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Prison closure leaves Florence residents uncertain about town’s future

February 26, 2020

By Priya Jandu/Arizona Sonora News Florence, Arizona, is known for a few things: the annual County Thunder music festival, a few  triathlons, an annual motorcycle run and, most notably, the prison...

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A quarter of Arizona prisoners are mentally ill

Meryl Engle February 18, 2016

For 23 minutes, Tucson prison guards recorded Anthony Lester bleeding to death. Lester slit his throat, wrists and legs with a razor he never should have been given. Lester suffered from schizophrenia....

A Google image of the Red Rock Correctional Facility, a private prison that opened in 2013.

Could Arizona save millions by reducing prison time? Maybe

Fernando Galvan March 12, 2015

California’s incarceration rate is among the highest in the nation, but what cost the state $10 billion in 2007 costs $8 billion today. State officials saved the $2 billion by reducing prison sentences...

Legislative roundup: speeding budget, guns and porn

Legislative roundup: speeding budget, guns and porn

Terry Wimmer March 6, 2015

PHOENIX — Following closed-door negotiations, Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican House and Senate leaders unveiled a budget deal this week and moved swiftly to push the budget bills through the legislative...

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