A surge in inmate overdoses is forcing the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to make changes to how inmates are processed at ...

From an attempted murder-suicide that prompted a heavy police response in Phoenix to the deteriorating health of Pope Francis ...

Two people overdosed at the Estrella Jail on Tuesday night, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said. This comes after the ...

A statement from the Sheriff's Office said investigators believed the drugs tied to the overdoses were smuggled into the jail ...

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan stood by his decision to stop scanning detention officers for contraband and drugs in ...

An Estrella Jail inmate died of a fatal overdose in the early hours of Valentine's Day, according to the Maricopa County ...

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how illegal narcotics have been getting into jail facilities after a series of recent overdoses involving people in its custody.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the overdoses are unrelated to halting the scanning officers for contraband.

One inmate has died, and several others were hospitalized after a dozen drug overdoses happened in the span of one week at the same Phoenix jail.

In just about a week's time, Estrella Jail reported a dozen inmate overdoses and one inmate death, and officials with the ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office plans to use X-ray machines to scan inmates for drugs after 12 overdoses where an inmate ...