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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jacques Billeaud

Judge orders takeover of health care operations in Arizona prisons after years of poor care

Arizona Prisons Health Care - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)

A federal judge has ordered a take-over of health care operations in Arizona’s prisons and will appoint an official to run the system after years of complaints about poor medical and mental health care.

The decision on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver came after her 2022 verdict that concluded Arizona had violated prisoners’ rights by providing inadequate care that led to suffering and preventable deaths.

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