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26 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking: Arizona is finally vaccinating incarcerated people in state prisons - DOC says it has received 3,940 doses Image
3,337 total vaccines have been administered so far in state prisons. "Additionally, the private prisons have administered 1,034 vaccines to date. Currently, ADCRR has an inmate population of 36,768" - no details on which vaccine but sources tell me it's Moderna Image
DOC shared videos the with press of incarcerated people receiving the vaccine in Arizona prisons
On January 5th, DOC told me they were surveying 36,800 inmates via the JPay email service. More than 21,400 said they planned to receive the vaccine while just over 4,000 responded they did not plan to receive the vaccine.
A few more details from DOC: "The Moderna vaccine is currently being offered to inmates, however the Johnson & Johnson's Janssen one-dose vaccine is being offered to the inmate wildland fire crews."

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An incarcerated person at the Lewis prison in Buckeye, AZ says they are washing their clothes in buckets, exposed to bug infestation, served moldy food and brown drinking water Image
Why should you care? How about because you're paying $1.3 Billion a year for these conditions fronterasdesk.org/content/165962…
You *pokes AZ taxpayer in the chest* are paying $1.3 Billion - annually - for this kjzz.org/content/163650…
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NEW RECEIPTS: Amidst continued "frivolous" appeals from the state, Arizona prison health care lawsuit spending now exceeds $21 MILLION kjzz.org/content/167020…
Attorneys for the Arizona Department of Corrections say they are appealing the most recent contempt fine of $1.1 million dollars from a federal judge for failing to provide constitutional health care in state prisons. kjzz.org/content/166191…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the department in 2020 when it appealed a similar, $1.4 million contempt fine. kjzz.org/content/141840…
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22 Feb
Coming up at 10:00 AM - House Appropriations Committee agenda includes HB2167, a bill that would create an independent ombudsman and oversight committee to monitor the Arizona Department of Corrections - Watch Live: azleg.gov/videoplayer/?c…
Background on HB2167 kjzz.org/content/165962…
Committee is live at this link azleg.gov/videoplayer/?c…
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22 Feb
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers tell @kjzzphoenix a software bug is keeping hundreds of inmates in Arizona prisons beyond their release dates - Sources say Department of Corrections leadership has known about the problem since 2019 kjzz.org/content/166098…
According to Arizona Department of Corrections whistleblowers, hundreds of incarcerated people who should be eligible for release are being held in prison because the inmate management software cannot interpret current sentencing laws.
As of 2019, the Department had spent more than $24 million contracting with IT company Business & Decision, North America to build and maintain the software program, known as ACIS, that is used to manage the inmate population in state prisons.
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12 Feb
Don't Kill My Vibe: Arizona Inmate Alleges @kendricklamar CD Ban Is Unconstitutional In Appeal To 9th Circuit kjzz.org/content/165846…
When an inmate receives a letter, magazine, book or CD in the mail, prison administrators review the materials first. If the items fall within one of several broad categories established by Department of Corrections guidelines, the inmate is denied the material.
Reasons for exclusion can include “depictions of street gangs” to “descriptions of drug paraphernalia.”

While the Department has made revisions, the guidelines for these publications have been repeatedly ruled to be unconstitutional in federal court because they were overbroad
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10 Feb
Starting in 2 minutes - Committee On Criminal Justice Reform in the House of Representatives at the Arizona statehouse azleg.gov/videoplayer/?c… Image
HB2320 would expand the ability to seal arrest and sentencing records - @StevenScharbone just gave a really powerful statement on why he thinks it should be expanded to more formerly incarcerated people to help them with challenges they face azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/… Image
Speaker raising concerns on behalf Phoenix Newspapers Inc, which publishes the Arizona Republic, states concerns about "wholesale sealing" of records Image
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