Settlement reached in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 2022 fatality reported county jail.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death totals in custody and overdose deaths in Maricopa County jails increased during Sheriff Jerry Sheridan's first year in ...

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 ...

MCSO K9 Handler Brandon Rice noticed something was off with his partner Max on Wednesday, April 23. Max was rushed to the hospital where he received a double-dose of Narcan for exposure to fentanyl.

Three inmates died over the weekend at Lower Buckeye Jail, prompting investigations and a sweeping safety search by MCSO.

Voters will decide whether to extend a sales tax that helps fund law enforcement in Maricopa County. Proposition 413 would continue the one-fifth-of-one-cent sales tax for 20 ...