Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry

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Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry
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Common nameArizona Department of Corrections
AbbreviationADCRR,
ADC (formerly)
Agency overview
Formed1875
Employees10,000+
Annual budget1,131,935.4
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionArizona, US
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Size113,998 square miles (295,250 km2)
Population6,500,180 (2008 est.) [1]
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters1601 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, US
Agency executive
  • Ryan Thornell, Ph.D., Director
Website
Arizona Department of Corrections Website

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry, commonly and formerly referred to as simply the Arizona Department of Corrections, is the statutory law enforcement agency responsible for the incarceration of inmates in 13 prisons in the U.S. state of Arizona. [2] [3] As of December 2015, the ADC manages over 42,643 imprisoned inmates and over 5,466 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released. [4] ADC is also in involved in recruitment and training of Correctional Officers at the Correctional Officer Training Academy (COTA) in Tucson, Arizona. [5] The ADC is headquartered in Downtown Phoenix. [6]

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Funding

YearTotal funding
(millions)
2002$623.0
2003$626.6
2004$692.7
2005$755.0
2006$825.6
2007$901.3
2008$1020.0
2009$1076.2
2013 (Estimate)$1131.9

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Death row

The men's death row is located in Browning Unit of Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman, and also Central Unit of Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence. The women's death row is in the Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville. Executions occur at the Central Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence. As of 2010 one Arizona death row inmate is confined in West Virginia. [10]

Facilities

There are currently forty-eight state prisons, geographically grouped into fourteen complexes and two correctional treatment facilities in Arizona. This number does not include federal prisons, detention centers for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or county jails

As of 2007 Arizona had exported more than 2000 prisoners to privately run facilities in Oklahoma and Indiana, a number that would have been higher if not for a riot of Arizona prisoners at the GEO Group's New Castle Correctional Facility on April 27, 2007, protesting the practice. [11] As of 2013, the states of Vermont, California and Hawaii export prisoners to facilities in Arizona. [12]

Incidents

In July 2014, a teacher was raped at the Meadows Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex at Eyman. She had been left alone in a room with then 21 year-old Jacob Harvey, who stabbed her multiple times with a pen and raped her. The radio she was issued was tuned to a frequency not in use. The officers were found to have failed to make their required checks. The state settled the matter for an undisclosed amount and the Department of Corrections denies any wrongdoing. [13]

In July 2015, at the medium security housing area at the Arizona State Prison-Kingman a four-day riot damaged facilities so extensively as to require major repairs. More than one thousand inmates had to be moved to other locations. The facility was being run by Management and Training Corporation under a contract with the department in which Director Charles L. Ryan failed to ensure contractual obligations were met. [14]

In August 2015, Prisoner Cynthia Apkaw hanged herself in her cell. Officers had not made their required checks and later faked records to conceal their misconduct. [15]

In February 2016, officers failed to conduct required checks on Scott Saba who hanged himself in his cell. His body was discovered by Correctional Officers who had finished their shifts and subsequently didn't have the equipment required to provide aid. [16]

In April 2016 thirteen prison staff were fired and six more disciplined as a result of an investigation into the two most recent prison suicides. [17]

Fallen officers

Since 1967, nine officers have died while on duty. [18]

Employee organizations

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ "abc15 News". www.abc15.com. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Arizona Legislature". www.azleg.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ↑ Corrections at a glance
  5. ↑ COTA Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "ADC Contact Information Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Arizona Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ 2008 Budget
  8. ↑ 2009 Budget
  9. ↑ 2013 Budget Archived September 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "Death Row Information and Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ." Arizona Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
  11. ↑ Moore, Solomon (31 July 2007). "States Export Their Inmates as Prisons Fill". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ "Housing Prisoners from other States has become a $320 Million a Year Industry".
  13. ↑ Sayers, Justin (28 December 2015). "Teacher raped in Arizona prison by sex offender reaches settlement". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Christie, Bob (7 August 2016). "Arizona prison riot: Moving to repair stage". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Hayden, Troy (14 April 2016). "AZ DOC fires 13 officers for not doing their jobs". Fox 10. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  16. ↑ Hayden, Troy (14 April 2016). "AZ DOC fires 13 officers for not doing their jobs". Fox 10. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Anderson, Sarah (15 April 2016). "13 fired after Arizona investigates inmate suicides". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "Arizona Department of Corrections, AZ". The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP). Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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