By Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, and Mary Hudetz, ProPublica Before her fifth birthday, Rainy had experienced a lifetime of trauma. As an infant, she witnessed violence ...

By Emily L. Mahoney and Agnel Philip PHOENIX – State laws allowed Arizona law enforcement agencies to seize nearly $200 million in personal property during the past five years – almost all of it cash ...

Crystal Crystal had just turned 3 when her grandmother brought her back from Mexico to live in the U.S. with Reyes and Tamala in November 1996. Crystal appeared happy, smiling often, Diaz said. She ...

To Jones, the most important aspect of the foreign terrorist label seems to be that it could enable hastened deportations for people in any way associated with Mexican drug cartels. “You can’t be a ...

Rifles border the Cochise County Sheriff’s seal on a wall at the department headquarters in Bisbee, Arizona. Photo by Terry Greene Sterling/AZCIR Driving 90 Miles For Treatment Adrian’s siblings say ...

“The sheriff is supposed to be protecting the public from evil,” the chief law enforcement officer for Barry County, Michigan, said during a break in the National Sheriffs’ Association 2023 conference ...

Inside our analysis of Arizona’s attendance-related suspensions For the past year, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and The Hechinger Report gathered and analyzed data for ...

“It raises a level of concern on my behalf that the law is not being applied fairly and equitably,” said Ken Magidson, who oversaw prosecutions along a wide swath of the border as U.S. Attorney for ...

Swiat blamed his agency’s failure to fix the problem sooner on employees that Douglas inherited from Huppenthal, whom he said were replaced in late 2016. Shortly after that, he said the department’s ...

Iconic Texas Sheriff Arvin West was a leading voice against migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. He pushed strict measures favored by former President Donald Trump. But West says his perspective ...

At least 40 Native American residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died as state Medicaid officials struggled to respond to a massive fraud scheme that targeted ...

Mental Health Professionals in Arizona Schools Ideal school environments have comprehensive mental health teams that include trained counselors, social workers and psychologists. Experts suggest ...