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The new order requires Arizona to overhaul its medical and mental healthcare staffing and screening standards, create systems and plans to improve isolation housing and create route back to lower security levels for those inside. 

Federal judge orders Arizona prison overhaul due to unconstitutional conditions

Jan 11, 2023 ◇ Audrey Nielsen/The Crime Report

A U.S. District Judge has ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections to make “substantial” changes to its staffing and facility operations after determining that prison conditions represent an “unconstitutional substantial risk of serious harm” to people in the state’s custody.  Read more»

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The case began in 2012 when a class of prisoners sued the state, claiming inadequate health care in the prisons led to 'unnecessary pain and suffering, preventable injury, amputation, disfigurement, and death.'

'Deliberate indifference': Judge finds Arizona fails to provide prisoners with adequate health care

Jul 1, 2022 ◇ Jon Parton/Courthouse News Service

In a decade-long federal class action fight over Arizona’s prison conditions, a federal judge ruled that the state’s privatized prison system failed to provide prisoners with adequate health care and has exposed some to harsh conditions in solitary confinement. Read more»


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