Sheriff Paul will require officers to go through drug scanners on their way to work. An alarming amount of deaths, hospitalizations, and overdoses of fentanyl have occurred in the jails. We all know PeeVille has the same drug problem with officers bringing in drugs. Think of the inmate lives we could save if they installed scanners in prison too.

8:45am three guards escorted Johnson out the back door of San Carlos medical building. Tim Johnson has been allegedly indicated in many inmate grievances, and reportedly the defendant in medical malpractice lawsuits. Johnson has been a health provider at Peeville for about 14 years, serving various for-profit insurance companies like Corizon, Wexford, and recently Naphcare. More news as it comes in!

According to the executive order, commission appointees will include members of the AZ Senate and House, an inmate advocacy group, formerly and currently incarcerated, health care experts, family of incarcerated, and representatives of correctional workers. This commission will have the power to inspect prison facilities and to interview staff and prisoners. This order will provide TRANSPARENCY regarding the DOC, which has been completely lacking before this new administration.

Hobbs told reporters, “Incarcerated Arizonans should be treated humanely and decently.” “I don’t think there’s any disagreement that there has been a lack of transparency into these really serious correctional issues, and the lack of urgency to change the way we’re treating folks in state custody.”