Oversight is a Need for Us All

“An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.”
The Stalemate: An Un-Sustainable Lifestyle

“Many are quick to make a connection between the cunning efforts of an often untouchable system and its big corporate contractors to exploit and monopolize the prison market.”
Return to Purpose

“There is a great opportunity that is currently present, that is the creation of an independent oversight committee.”
The Need for Prison Oversight: My Why

For decades across the country, small towns and rural communities have suffered from a decline in farming and manufacturing work, often resulting in widespread economic depression leaving those living in […]
Independent Oversight of the Arizona Department of Corrections : Why It Matter?

As I walked into the prison gates for the first time, visiting my husband, who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to twelve years in the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation […]
Corruption or Rehabilitation

What does the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR) stand for? I know the title suggests they are correcting and rehabilitating prisoners, but what specifically is being done […]
What’s In a Name

From an anonymous incarcerated person – Corruption or Rehabilitation: by Anonymous What does the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) stand for? I know the title suggests they […]
TOTAL SYSTEMIC FAILURE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE ADCRR NARRATIVE OF THE ESCAPE OF JOHN CHARPIOT AND DAVID HARMON FROM ASPC FLORENCE – SOUTH UNIT

On Sunday, January 25, 2021, ADCRR Deputy Director Frank Strada gave the following narrative on the escape of John Charpiot and David Harmon: Charpiot and Harmon were able to breach […]
TWO MEN ESCAPE FROM ASPC FLORENCE – SOUTH UNIT

Two men escaped from the ASPC Florence Complex-South Unit. The men were able to obtain secured tools to breach the security fences.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CONFIRMS 655 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 AT YUMA COMPLEX – LA PAZ UNIT

Today, the ADCRR confirmed 655 new COVID-19 cases within the La Paz Unit at Yuma state prison, marking the largest outbreak in the ADCRR since the inception of the pandemic.