Arizona says judge turned to ‘last resort’ fix for prison healthcare too soon

By: Jim Small

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 1,204

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Hobbs administration says a federal judge went for the nuclear option too soon when she turned over control of the state’s prison healthcare system to a receiver without exhausting other remedies in a lawsuit that has dragged on for 14 years, and is asking the judge to pause doing so.

“Jumping from the current tools that are yielding measurable results to the Receivership Order’s ‘remedy of last resort,’ before employing any intermediate measures, is …

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