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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man died at the state prison complex in Florence on Saturday by suicide ... What Arizonans need to know Self-harm in Arizona prisons Incidents of self-harm in Arizona state prisons increased ...

FLORENCE, AZ — The two inmates who escaped from the Arizona Department of Corrections in Florence, Arizona on Saturday appear to have changed their appearances and attempted to rob a business in ...

FLORENCE, AZ — Less than a year after two men escaped a Florence prison, another Arizona prison had a near miss, as an inmate disappeared and jumped two fences in an apparent escape attempt ...

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 ...

Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be the first person executed by Arizona since 2022. Here's what to know about his planned ...

Law enforcement officials on Thursday recaptured two inmates who escaped from a state prison in Florence, Arizona, over the weekend, thanks to tips from the public. John Charpiot and David Harmon ...