Remember what Sheriff Joe Arpaio said last month after a federal judge found Maricopa County jail conditions to be inadequate? He called the changes ordered by the judge to be “minor” and that he’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teams from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office scour the Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix in search of contraband such as drugs and ...

Maricopa County has invested $2.9 million in 10 body scanners to stop drugs from coming into jails. The scanners are meant to detect items hidden in body cavities. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ...

PHOENIX - Visitation hours at all Maricopa County jails have been altered in a bid to hold down costs and offset millions of dollars in overspending, officials said. Family and friends now are only ...

A look into the 12News Archives to see Mike Tyson's visit to inmates at the Maricopa County tent city jail. Conan O’Brien says hosting the Oscars means walking a ‘very thin line.’ How he plans to ...

A court-ordered audit found the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spent millions by attributing unrelated expenses to a federal civil rights case. The audit revealed that over 70% of the $219 million ...

PHOENIX — Tactical teams stormed into Lower Buckeye Jail Wednesday morning without warning, inmates hitting the ground as part of a surprise contraband search aimed at keeping officers and inmates ...