Arizona

Map of Arizona with spikes representing the active metric for each facility.

1

1.4k

2.8k

Spikes represent the cumulative cases in a facility for incarcerated people

Statewide among incarcerated people

Cases

Cumulative Case Rate

Data Grade

State Facilities

12,318

26%

Federal Facilities

2,001

50%

ICE Detention Centers

2,445

>100%

Statewide among staff

Cases

Data Grade

State Facilities

2,779

Federal Facilities

Unavailable

ICE Detention Centers

Unavailable

Facilities by

FacilityIncarcerated PeopleStaff

Maricopa County Jail

County Jails

2,849N/A

Tucson State Prison

State Facilities

2,243N/A

Eyman State Prison

State Facilities

2,032N/A

Yuma State Prison

State Facilities

2,014N/A

ICE La Palma Correctional Center

ICE Detention Centers

1,338N/A

Data Reporting & Quality Scorecard

Data Reporting
& Quality Grade
F

This scorecard assesses data reporting and quality for the state department of corrections in Arizona. Read more about our scoring methodology and to see how this jurisdiction compares to other state and federal systems.

Scores assessed as of May 10, 2021. Scores will be reevaluated on a monthly basis.

Data reporting for incarcerated people
Cumulative Casesreported at the facility level

By facility

Cumulative Deathsreported at the facility level

By facility

Active Casesnot reported

None

Tests Administerednot reported

None

Populationreported at the facility level

By facility

Vaccinationsreported systemwide

Systemwide only

Data reporting for staff
Cumulative Casesreported systemwide

Systemwide only

Cumulative Deathsnot reported

None

Active Casesnot reported

None

Tests Administerednot reported

None

Populationnot reported

None

Vaccinationsnot reported

None

Data quality
Machine ReadableNo

No

Regularly UpdatedYes

Yes

Clearly DefinedNo

No

Contextualized HistoricallyNo

No

Legal Filings and Court Orders Related to COVID

1

number of courts

4

number of facilities

1

compassionate releases granted

5

filings coded by our team

Our project collaborates with Bronx Defenders, Columbia Law School’s Center for Institutional and Social Change, and Zealous to collect legal documents from around the country related to COVID-19 and incarceration. Together, we then organize and code them into the jointly managed Health is Justice litigation hub for public defenders, litigators, and other advocates. The majority of the legal documents in the Health is Justice litigation hub are federal court opinions, but we are expanding to state legal filings, declarations, and exhibits.

In addition to the Health is Justice litigation hub, our project also manages additional data self-reported by advocates regarding COVID-19-related legal filings involving incarcerated youth and individuals in immigration detention.

For more COVID-19-related legal filings, please visit the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, COVID-19 Special Collection.

Prison and Jail Releases Related to COVID

We collect data on jurisdictions across the U.S. that have released people from adult prison and jail custody in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

JurisdictionFacility/facilitiesAuthorizing agent(s)Date*Overall population reduction/ total # of releases**Population prior to releases***Known facility capacity****Release detailsSource
CococinoCounty-wide jailsCourt3/19/202050550Minor offenses
CoconinoCoconino County Detention Facility5/6/20235470
GilaCounty-wide jails4/3/2088176220Other
MaricopaCounty-wide jails4/24/202022007500Minor offenses
PimaCounty-wide jailsCourt3/30/2020272300Minor offenses
  1. For the most part, we only include release efforts where the data source includes some sort of programmatic description of who is being released (e.g., people with technical violations of parole, people charged with non-violent crimes, etc.). You can find our full prison releases dataset here and jail releases dataset here.

  2. *date of releases, if available. Otherwise, date on which releases first were reported.

  3. **total number of releases reported when available. Otherwise, the change in population to which the releases contributed is reported.

  4. ***last reported inmate population before releases were realized

  5. ****capacity is often determined differently across jurisdictions and some facilities often report more than one capacity number. In these cases, we report the higher of the figures available.

Grassroots and Community Organizing Efforts Related to COVID

Our team collects data on grassroots and community organizing efforts by incarcerated people, their families, community-based organizations, nonprofits, and advocates aimed at influencing government agencies to protect the lives of people incarcerated in prisons, jails, and detention centers against the threats posed by COVID-19.

Target facilityCountyDate of actionOrganizationType of effortInternal/ externalEffort concernsSource
CENTRAL ARIZONA FLORENCE CORRECTIONAL COMPLEXFlorence5/20/2020Puente Arizona, People incarcerated at Florence Correctional CenterLetter/Petition, Phone ZapCoordinatedAccelerated releases, Sanitation improvements
CENTRAL ARIZONA FLORENCE CORRECTIONAL COMPLEXFlorence5/20/2020Puente Arizona, People incarcerated at Florence Correctional CenterHunger StrikeExternalAccelerated releases, Sanitation improvements
ICE La Palma Correctional CenterPinal County4/11/2020ICE detainees uprising at detention facilityUprising/Protest–InternalExternalAccelerated releases, Sanitation improvements
ICE La Palma Correctional Center, ICE Eloy Federal Contract FacilityPinal County4/10/2020Outside protestorsCar RallyInternalAccelerated releases
PERRYVILLE STATE PRISONMaricopa5/16/2020Puente ArizonaVigilInternalAccelerated releases, Sanitation improvements
  1. You can find our full dataset here.