eloy
Posted Apr 21, 2022, 4:53 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Three people were killed and five seriously injured when the driver of a SUV crashed into a semi-tractor trailer after refusing to stop for an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper north of Tucson on Thursday morning, authorities said. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2021, 1:07 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A privately run ICE immigration detention site in Eloy, Ariz, "threatened the health, safety, and rights" of migrants, said a federal watchdog agency that found violations of standards, including an incident in which peacefully protesting detainees were pepper-sprayed last year.
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Posted Nov 2, 2020, 2:49 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety ordered mass testing at an Arizona private prison that holds its inmates after dozens of them contracted COVID-19 and several remain hospitalized.... Read more»
Posted Oct 8, 2020, 12:29 pm
Spencer Hardenbergh
/Cronkite News
La Palma Correctional Center, a privately run immigration detention center in Eloy, is facing an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases among immigration detainees.... Read more»
Posted Jul 2, 2020, 11:29 am
Caitlynn McDaniel
/Cronkite News
Dust storms in Arizona can blow up suddenly, and the patch of desert between Eloy and Picacho Peak is especially prone to wind-driven dust. Dust drastically reduces visibility for drivers, which is why the Arizona Department of Transportation, ahead of monsoon season, has implemented a new dust detection system to protect drivers on I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson.... Read more»
Posted May 8, 2020, 3:20 pm
Jude Joffe-Block
/Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
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»
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Posted May 8, 2020, 11:07 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Advocacy groups filed an oversight complaint Thursday, arguing there is a "systemic failure" at Immigration and Customs Enforcement to protect thousands of detained migrants from coronavirus.
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Posted Apr 16, 2020, 11:08 am
Jude Joffe-Block & Valeria Fernández/Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
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»
Posted Apr 14, 2020, 2:11 pm
Valeria Fernández & Jude Joffe-Block/AZCIR
An ICE detention center in Eloy is the latest facility to have a string of complaints raised by detainees as COVID-19 fills hospitals and strains the nation’s health care system.... Read more»
Posted Apr 7, 2020, 9:44 am
Kelly Donohue
/Cronkite News
Nearly a month into a seemingly worldwide shutdown, it may be hard to find an everyday business or public area that has not been closed because of COVID-19. Many companies have allowed their employees to work from home, but businesses deemed essential are still in operation. This includes grocery stores, fuel stations, banks, transportation systems, pharmacies – and most U.S. immigration courts.... Read more»
Posted Apr 6, 2020, 3:07 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A second person had been diagnosed with coronavirus at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, north of Tucson, authorities said Monday.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2020, 12:10 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
A 45-year-old immigrant from Guatemala detained at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first coronavirus case confirmed in an Arizona immigration detention center, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ... Read more»
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Posted Apr 2, 2020, 11:08 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Calling immigration detention facilities "tinderboxes on the verge of explosion" because of COVID-19, a coalition of immigration advocacy groups asked a federal judge to order the immediate release of eight people held by ICE in Arizona. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 17, 2020, 10:12 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A U.S. Army special ops soldier was killed this week during a free-fall training jump in Eloy, north of Tucson. MSG Nathan Goodman, 36, was a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and recipient of two Bronze Stars.... Read more»
Posted Jan 15, 2020, 12:02 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A U.S. Army soldier was killed this week during a free-fall training jump in Eloy, north of Tucson, officials said.... Read more»
Posted Oct 15, 2019, 2:00 pm
Jon Talton
/Rogue Columnist
Why is Arizona continuing down this, er, road? The simple answer is that the various interests I call the Real Estate Industrial Complex depend upon constant highway building and expansion to make otherwise useless land valuable for the Ponzi scheme of continued sprawl. ... Read more»