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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.'

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»