Arizona Department of Corrections
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The Arizona Department of Corrections is in charge of the incarceration of inmates in 10 prisons in the U.S. state
of Arizona
. As of April 2009, the ADC manages over 40,191 imprisoned inmates and over 7,216 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released. ADC is also in involved in recruitment and training of correctional officers. It has its headquarters in Downtown
Phoenix
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U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
. As of April 2009, the ADC manages over 40,191 imprisoned inmates and over 7,216 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released. ADC is also in involved in recruitment and training of correctional officers. It has its headquarters in Downtown
Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is the central business district of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is located near the geographic center of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics,...
Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
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| Year | Total funding |
| 2002 | $623.0 Mil. |
| 2003 | $626.6 Mil. |
| 2004 | $692.7 Mil. |
| 2005 | $755.0 Mil. |
| 2006 | $825.6 Mil. |
| 2007 | $901.3 Mil. |
| 2008 (Estimate) | $1020.0 Mil. |
| 2009 (Estimate) | $1076.2 Mil. |
Death row
The male death row is located in the Browning Unit of Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman. The female death row is in the Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, Executions occur at the Central Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence. As of 2010 one Arizona death row inmate is confined in West VirginiaWest Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
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Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Arizona Department of Corrections, 8 officers have died in the line of duty. Six units were named after fallen officers--Stiner, Barchey, Morey, Buckley, and Rast at ASPC Lewis in Buckeye, and Lumley at ASPC Perryville in Goodyear.See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona
- List of United States state correction agencies
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
- List of U.S. state prisons
- List of Arizona state prisons