Gov. Doug Ducey devoted just two lines of his Monday State of the State address to the announcement — in less than 25 seconds, he was on to other topics. But in the aftermath, municipal leaders ...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona is proceeding with plans to close one of its two large state-run prison complexes in Florence and transfer more than 2,000 inmates to a private facility in Eloy. The Arizona ...

FLORENCE, AZ — In his State of the State address Monday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced he is closing the oldest state prison in a move that will save nearly $275 million over three years.

PHOENIX - Lawmakers representing Florence at the Arizona State Legislature say Governor Doug Ducey's plan to close Florence State Prison is an "outside the box idea that is worthy of further ...

PHOENIX — The process of shuttering Arizona’s oldest state prison located in Florence continues as an Eloy correctional center was selected to house up to 2,706 adult prisoners. The Arizona ...

Not just a prison town." Indeed, Florence was a town before completion of the Arizona State Prison in 1912 - just not much of one. The 1910 census recorded a population of 807, but the tiny town's ...

Despite an annual budget of $1.3 billion, the Arizona Department of Corrections cannot seem to provide consistent running water to the Eyman state prison in Florence. Incarcerated people first ...

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Harmon and Charpiot had escaped Saturday from a medium-security unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence by using tools to breach a fence. Coolidge is 8 miles southwest of Florence and ...

Aaron Gunches, 53, was pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m. at the Arizona state prison in Florence. For years, he had sought to speed up his own execution after pleading guilty in 2008 to murdering his ...

was lethally injected with pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in the town of Florence, John Barcello, deputy director of Arizona's department of corrections, told news outlets.