Inmates wore stripes at Maricopa County jails until shortly after Sheriff Joe Arpaio left office about 10 years ago. Now, ...

PHOENIX – The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has a new power in its fight to keep drugs and other contraband out of metro Phoenix jails: X-ray vison. MCSO purchased 10 LineV X-ray body scanners to ...

PHOENIX - A U.S. district court judge today ruled that the grossly inadequate conditions at the Maricopa County Jail, overseen by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, are unconstitutional and ...

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office found an inmate with a concealed firearm over the weekend, authorities said. MCSO scanners identified the firearm, which went undetected when the inmate ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has new body scanners to find drugs inside people and officials say they are already spotting contraband. MCSO said on Tuesday it has received ...

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 ...

PHOENIX, AZ — "Attacks such as this will not be tolerated." Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone had strong words as he announced the arrest of a man suspected of lobbing three "Molotov cocktails" at ...

American jails aren’t as secure as you might think. Across the country, drugs are commonly smuggled inside correctional facilities, which contributes to people overdosing and dying in custody. “This ...