Roslyn Silver
FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo, shows a state prison in Florence, Arizona. Lawyers representing Arizona prisoners said in a filing on Friday, April 16, 2021, that a third round of contempt of court fines against the state for failing to improve health care for incarcerated people could reach as high as $23 million. They said their estimate on the maximum possible fine was higher than previously thought due to what they said were their discoveries of additional instances of corrections officials not complying with a 6-year-old settlement over the issue. (AP Photo/File)
Lawyers say Arizona’s fine over prison care could reach $23M

By Jacques Billeaud Apr. 16, 2021 05:16 PM EDT

FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo, shows a state prison in Florence, Arizona. Arizona corrections officials on Friday, March 26, 2021, cited the staffing and resource demands of the pandemic in trying to fend off a contempt of court fine against the state for failing to follow through on promises in a legal settlement to improve health care for inmates. Such a financial penalty would mark the third contempt fine the state has faced for noncompliance with the settlement. (AP Photo/File)
Pandemic cited by Arizona in bid to avoid contempt fine

By Jacques Billeaud Mar. 29, 2021 07:25 PM EDT

FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo, shows a state prison in Florence, Arizona. A judge told the state on March 4, 2021, that the bar for justifying its repeated noncompliance with a 6-year-old legal settlement requiring changes in the quality of health care for prisoners was "exceptionally high." Judge Roslyn Silver previously threatened to impose a contempt-of-court fine against Arizona that could reach as high as $17 million for not following through on promises to improve care. Arizona has already faced $2.5 million in contempt fines in the case. (AP Photo/File)
Judge questions Arizona's approach in deal over prison care

By Jacques Billeaud Mar. 04, 2021 06:57 PM EST

Lawyers for Arizona inmates seek hearing in health care suit

Feb. 19, 2021 02:47 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing inmates in a legal settlement over the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons have asked a judge to hold a hearing...