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On March 31st, 2025, Scottsdale-based YouTuber Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov was arrested in India for trying to film a video for his channel. To the outside eye, this may seem like overkill, but the country's reasons are valid.

In 1997, a man named Ricky Wassenaar was given a 28 year prison sentence for aggravated assault and armed robbery. He was sent to the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye, where he served eight years. It was in 2004 that he planned his escape.

Jails are run with very little room for error, and there's a reason you almost never hear of mistakes being made in these environments. Arizona just made a massive mistake they may not be able to come back from.

On Wednesday, March 19th, Arizona performed its first state sanctioned execution in over two years. This would be a story in and of itself, but the circumstances leading to this execution tell a much more unconventional tale than many would expect.

I'm honestly not sure when humanity came up with the idea of "prison", but we're better off for it. As opposed to just executing or banishing everyone we don't want in our society, we now have a place to put them, and (hopefully) rehabilitate them.

Prisons are not designed to be cozy and comfy but, in Arizona, these 5 are the worst of the worst.

The American Prison System is all about reform. At least, that's what we're told. In reality, our prison reform has always been about a step behind. We're more focused on punishing wrongdoers as opposed to rehabilitating them, and making them functioning members of society again.

Hopefully, you've never been to prison. It's effectively a life-ender. Even when you get out, if you're lucky enough to, re-entering society is no easy task.

The citizens of Cochise County are going to vote on a proposed half-cent sales tax to support a Jail District. This is a May 16th, all-mail election with a Yes or No question.   One of the hot topics is where will the jail be built? In a Town Hall meeting about the Jail District on April 5th, Sheriff Dannels said. “I ...

Feds attempt to stick Kelz for his paper.