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Posted May 8, 2020, 3:20 pm Jude Joffe-Block /Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

CV-19 outbreak grows at Az private prison with most U.S. Marshal detainees in nation

A private prison in Florence, Ariz., that houses more than 3,000 defendants awaiting court proceedings is grappling with an outbreak of COVID-19 in which at least 20 jail staff and detainees have tested positive.... Read more»0

Posted Apr 16, 2020, 11:08 am Jude Joffe-Block & Valeria Fernández/Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

ICE 'cohorting' of Az detainees at risk of COVID-19 stirs controversy

98 immigrant detainees at the La Palma Correctional Center in Arizona have been “cohorted” together, due to their exposure to the facility’s first confirmed case of COVID-19.... Read more»0