(The Center Square) – Arizona legislators want accountability and transparency when it comes to prison homicides and safety issues.

At least nine inmates have been killed in 2025. Meanwhile, assaults on both staff and inmates are rising.

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State Sen. Kevin Payne, R-Peoria, said this is a matter of safety for inmates and employees, even taxpayers.

“Staff level assaults have almost doubled, and from year to year, from 2023 to 2024 to 2025,” Payne told The Center Square. “Assaults on inmates has more than doubled, almost tripled.”

Payne and state Rep. Quang Nguyen, R-Pre

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