Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence ...

PHOENIX — Multiple Arizona state prisons will be on lockdown through Easter weekend due to unspecified security concerns.

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Ongoing security concerns have caused lockdowns at several state prisons in Arizona.

The deaths mark the fourth and fifth suspicious inmate deaths in April 2025. The deaths also come after a triple homicide in a Tucson prison.

Now, ABC15 has learned two more inmates died this week and their deaths are being investigated as potential homicides.

Inmate Daniel Montoya, 36, died on April 12, 2025, at Abrazo West Campus, according to a press release from the Arizona ...

Ricky Wassenaar, the suspect in the triple homicide, warned prison officials of his homicidal intentions, according to people ...

The Arizona Department of Corrections responded to our request for those staffing figures, disputing some of the information we received from our sources.

Wassenaar and another inmate took over a Buckeye prison tower in 2004 in a 15-day standoff that gripped the nation. Now, he's ...

A notorious criminal known for taking two prison guards hostage in Buckeye back in 2004 is accused of killing three inmates ...

Arizona inmate Ricky Wassenaar, currently serving 16 life sentences, is now being accused of killing three inmates.

There was no ongoing threat after the altercation, according to ADCRR. ADCRR's Office of the Inspector General and the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner began a criminal investigation.