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Visitations at many of Arizona's prisons are closed, while other limitations are in place due to an uptick in inmate violence ...
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.
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.
Ricky Wassenaar was convicted on 19 charges, including kidnapping, after a hostage situation at an Arizona state prison in ...
One of Arizona’s most notorious prisoners was able to kill three fellow inmates because of significant security failures and ...
Ricky Wassenaar had a lengthy criminal history that grew during his time in prison. He is currently serving 16 life sentences ...
Ricky Wassenaar had a lengthy criminal history that grew during his time in prison. He is currently serving 16 life sentences ...