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Jimmy Jenkins
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Legal Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal 812.243.5582 | [email protected]
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jan 2, 2023
    EXCLUSIVE: Arizona is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will — sometimes as early as three weeks before their due date. Health care experts call the policy unethical. Reproductive justice advocates say it's a human rights violation.
    Arizona inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will
    From azcentral.com
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jul 14, 2022
    Arizona Department of Corrections Director David Shinn just told the state legislature we can't shut down private prisons because too many communities rely on the cheap labor they provide and they would "collapse" without it
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    Jul 14, 2022
    Replying to @JimmyJenkins
    Shinn: "The Department does more than just incarcerate. There are services this Dept provides to local jurisdictions (prison labor) at a rate most jurisdictions can't afford. If you were to remove these workers, some of those jurisdictions would collapse."
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Feb 22, 2021
    EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers tell @kjzzphoenix a software bug is keeping hundreds of inmates in Arizona prisons beyond their release dates - Sources say Department of Corrections leadership has known about the problem since 2019
    Arizona Department of Corrections headquarters
    Whistleblowers: Software bug keeping hundreds of inmates in Arizona prisons beyond release dates
    From kjzz.org
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jan 5, 2023
    A tipster shared these pictures with me. Apparently prison labor was used to set up the inauguration of Arizona's new governor today at the state capitol in Phoenix. The incarcerated workers were hurried away from the event as volunteers and staff arrived.
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Aug 5, 2024
    When I presented our findings to the state agency in charge of collecting in-custody death statistics, they said "Those numbers can't be right. If there were that many deaths in the jails, it would be a huge news story." "It's about to be," I replied.
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Aug 5, 2024
    EXCLUSIVE: Investigation finds "ASTRONOMICAL" death rate in Maricopa County jails. With 43 deaths in 2022 and 43 in 2023, they are among the deadliest jails in the country. But you wouldn't know that, because the deaths were underreported — until now. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jan 25, 2023
    BREAKING: Governor Hobbs has announced the creation of an independent Arizona prisons oversight commission that will be made up of stakeholders and people impacted by the justice system, including 2 formerly incarcerated people. Story developing . . .
    Executive Order 6
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Oct 12, 2021
    EXCLUSIVE: I obtained Special Operations training materials and documents from Arizona Department of Corrections servers containing images that experts liken to Nazi and gang symbolism
    'Disturbing' imagery used in Arizona Department of Corrections training materials, patches
    From azcentral.com
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Aug 5, 2024
    EXCLUSIVE: Investigation finds "ASTRONOMICAL" death rate in Maricopa County jails. With 43 deaths in 2022 and 43 in 2023, they are among the deadliest jails in the country. But you wouldn't know that, because the deaths were underreported — until now.
    azcentral.com
    'Dying in the dark': Investigation finds 'astronomical' death rate in Maricopa County jails
    An Arizona Republic investigation found the death rate in the Maricopa County jails is among the highest of major jail systems in the country.
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Feb 22, 2021
    Update: Sources tell me the Arizona Department of Corrections has blocked all employee computers from accessing the entire @kjzzphoenix website after we published Department whistleblowers this morning
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Feb 22, 2021
    EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers tell @kjzzphoenix a software bug is keeping hundreds of inmates in Arizona prisons beyond their release dates - Sources say Department of Corrections leadership has known about the problem since 2019 kjzz.org/content/166098…
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Aug 16, 2021
    After 7 great years, this is my last week at @kjzzphoenix. I have accepted a job as a Criminal Justice Reporter at @azcentral where I will focus on the issues I am most passionate about: prisons, jails and courts
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jul 14, 2022
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    "We have to do it to support Arizona" — Corrections director says Arizona communities would “collapse” without cheap prison labor
    Arizona communities would 'collapse' without cheap prison labor, Corrections director says
    From azcentral.com
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jan 26, 2022
    BREAKING: Former AZ prisons director Charles Ryan drank 1/2 bottle of tequila the night of an armed standoff with police at his home, according to his wife. Police reports say Ryan pointed a gun at officers who feared for their lives. He was never jailed.
    Former Arizona prisons director was drinking before armed standoff in Tempe, report says
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Jul 14, 2022
    Replying to @JimmyJenkins
    Shinn: "The Department does more than just incarcerate. There are services this Dept provides to local jurisdictions (prison labor) at a rate most jurisdictions can't afford. If you were to remove these workers, some of those jurisdictions would collapse."
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    Jimmy Jenkins
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    Dec 16, 2020
    I just talked with a Correctional Officer who works at the La Paz Unit at the Yuma prison: "Only a small percentage of our staff has not been infected. Everyone is worried. Administrators are hiding everything from us. They didn't want the public to know about the warden's death"
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    Dave Biscobing
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    Dec 16, 2020
    Sources tell me Arizona’s Yuma prison warden, Ed Jensen, died from COVID. I just saw an internal email confirming he passed and employees social media posts grieving the loss. @abc15 reached out to @AZCorrections for comment about 3 hours ago. No response yet.