Security officials at Arizona’s Lewis prison first identified problems with inmates defeating the cell door locking system at least 13 years ago, according to internal security documents and video ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows a cell door in Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis prison in Buckeye, Ariz., with an added pin and padlock to keep ...

On June 6, 2018, inmates should have been locked in their cells in the Morey Unit at Arizona’s Lewis Prison outside Buckeye. The ABC15 Investigators expose leaked surveillance videos and documents ...

A lot of things fueled the July 18 riot at the Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley in South Texas. Prisoners were increasingly upset about the coronavirus pandemic. They couldn’t have visitors or make phone ...

A special legislative committee has approved millions of dollars for the Arizona Department of Corrections to beginning fixing broken cell door locks inside the state’s embattled Lewis prison. FULL ...

PHOENIX – The whistleblower who accused administrators at a Phoenix-area prison of closing out repair orders for cell locks that remained broken has a message for Gov. Doug Ducey: “Come down and get ...

A Black Kentucky man has filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court against a state prison, claiming his constitutional rights and religious freedoms were violated when the facility forcibly cut ...

PHOENIX – Close-custody inmates at a state prison in metro Phoenix will be moved to other facilities while officials revamp security procedures that include recurring broken cell door locks. Officials ...

On June 6, 2018, inmates should have been locked in their cells in the Morey Unit at Arizona’s Lewis Prison outside Buckeye. The ABC15 Investigators expose leaked surveillance videos and documents ...

Arizona – On June 6, 2018, inmates should have been locked in their cells in the Morey Unit at Arizona’s Lewis Prison outside Buckeye. But for more than 35 minutes, at least six free-roaming, ...