Arizona
Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) correctional officers complete an AZPOST-approved course and receive a certificate of completion, not peace officer certification. County detention officers are hired by sheriffs, and no state body sets jail standards. Since 2023 the State has created an Independent Correctional Oversight Office with unannounced access to prisons, extended felony assault protection to detention staff, and strengthened the discipline and appeal rights that the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights gives detention and corrections officers.
- Sources checked
- Part of
- Corrections Ledger
At a glance
- Certifying body
- Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST). For ADCRR correctional officers, AZPOST approves the basic curriculum, sets uniform minimum and background standards, and issues “a certificate of completion” rather than peace officer certification (A.R.S. 41-1822(D)). County detention officers are hired by sheriffs; no statute requiring state certification of detention officers was found. Adult probation officers are appointed under the superior court and Supreme Court rules and are exempt from AZPOST certification (41-1823(B)). See the Arizona Officer Ledger page for peace officer certification.
- Statute
- A.R.S. 41-1821 to 41-1828.02 (AZPOST; 41-1822(D) for correctional officers). Title 31 (prisons and jails: 31-121, the sheriff’s duty to receive and provide for prisoners; 31-601, pregnant prisoners). 41-1601 et seq. (ADCRR). Title 41, ch. 59 (Independent Correctional Oversight Office, added in 2025). 38-1101 to 38-1121 (Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, which covers non-probationary state and local “detention or corrections” officers, 38-1101(8)(b)). 38-881 et seq. (Corrections Officer Retirement Plan). 12-251 to 12-259 (adult probation). Probation personnel rules are in Part 6 of the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration (ACJA).
- Minimum standards
- ADCRR correctional officers: AZPOST must set uniform minimum standards that “shall include high school graduation or the equivalent and a physical examination as prescribed by the director of the state department of corrections,” and uniform background investigation standards, including criminal histories, for all applicants before they enroll in the academy (41-1822(D)(2), (3)). Adult probation officers: U.S. citizenship or legal residence, at least a bachelor’s degree, and age 21; surveillance officers need a high school diploma or GED and must be 21 (ACJA 6-106(F)).
- Basic training
- ADCRR correctional officers: AZPOST must “Approve a basic training curriculum of at least two hundred forty hours” and issue a certificate of completion to officers who meet the standards and complete it; comparable out-of-state training may be credited (41-1822(D)(1), (4)). Adult probation officers: orientation within the first 90 days before taking a caseload (ACJA 1-302(K)), the probation certification academy, and a defensive tactics safety academy within 120 days of hire (ACJA 6-107). ADCRR’s own academy length was not checked; its website refused direct requests.
- In-service training
- ADCRR correctional officers: AZPOST “shall” establish continuing training requirements and approve curricula (41-1822(D)(5)); the hours are set by rule, and the AZPOST rules could not be retrieved for this page. Probation personnel: at least 16 credit hours of judicial education a year, including ethics, computer security, and 6 hours of live training (ACJA 1-302(H)), and a refresher defensive tactics course “of not less than eight hours every calendar year” (ACJA 6-107).
- Decertification
- AZPOST’s statutory power to deny, suspend, revoke, or cancel is framed around peace officer certification (41-1822(E), (F)); no statute was found giving AZPOST express grounds to revoke a correctional officer’s certificate of completion. Discipline of non-probationary detention and corrections officers is governed by the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights (38-1101 et seq.: just cause, notice, investigation timelines, appeals). A conviction for promoting prison contraband bars state or local public employment until civil rights are restored (13-2505(C)). The Officer Ledger page covers AZPOST peace officer revocation and its Integrity Bulletins.
- Jail standards
- No state body that sets or inspects county jail standards was found. The sheriff must receive all persons committed to jail and provide food, clothing, and bedding at county or county jail district expense (A.R.S. 31-121). The Independent Correctional Oversight Office created in 2025 covers ADCRR, not county jails.
- Probation and parole officers
- Adult probation is a function of the superior court in each county. The presiding judge appoints the chief adult probation officer, deputy officers “hold office under rules and procedures established by the supreme court,” and officers doing case supervision may supervise no more than an average of 65 adults (12-251(A)). Officers have peace officer authority in performing their duties (12-253). The ACJA sets qualifications (6-106), safety and firearms training (6-107, 6-113), and yearly education (1-302). Supervision after prison is run by ADCRR community corrections officers.
- Restrictive housing
- No general statutory limit on restrictive housing or solitary confinement was found. A correctional institution, state or county, including juvenile detention, “may not place a pregnant prisoner or detainee or a prisoner or detainee who has given birth within the past thirty days in restrictive housing” unless a corrections official makes an individualized finding of an extraordinary circumstance, with written findings within 72 hours, kept 2 years and open to public inspection (31-601(G)). Laws 2024, ch. 59 required the ADCRR director to report each year on segregation and solitary confinement placements and durations (41-1604(A)(11), added by ch. 59, sec. 2). Since September 26, 2025, Laws 2025, ch. 258 has moved that reporting to the Independent Correctional Oversight Office’s annual report (A.R.S. Title 41, ch. 59), which also covers restrictive housing of seriously mentally ill inmates.
- Corrections use of force
- Pregnancy: once it knows of a pregnancy, a correctional institution “shall not use restraints on a prisoner or detainee for the duration of the pregnancy and for thirty days following the delivery,” including in transport for delivery, labor, and postpartum recovery, unless medical staff request them or an official makes an individualized finding of an extraordinary circumstance. Leg and waist restraints are barred during labor and delivery, restraints must be the least restrictive, and findings are due within 72 hours. Body cavity searches of pregnant prisoners by non-medical staff require a reasonable belief of contraband and a report within 72 hours. ADCRR must train all employees who have contact with pregnant prisoners on the effects of restraints, restrictive housing, and body cavity searches (31-601). General justification: a jail, prison, or correctional official “may use physical force for the preservation of peace, to maintain order or discipline, or to prevent the commission of any felony or misdemeanor” (13-403(2)).
Changes, 2023 to 2026
Employers may pay retention deposits into newer correctional officers’ retirement accounts
An employer of a Corrections Officer Retirement Plan member in the public safety defined contribution plan (members hired on or after July 1, 2018, under 38-865(7)(b)) may make a supplemental contribution incentive payment that “DOES NOT EXCEED $5,000 PER PARTICIPANT PER EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE INTERVAL AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION WITH A FIVE-YEAR GRADED VESTING SCHEDULE.” Payments must go equally to all qualifying participants under an adopted employer policy, need no employee contribution, and may be stopped at any time.
For corrections staff: If you joined after mid-2018, your employer may now add tenure-based deposits to your retirement account, but only if it adopts a policy.
Employer pays fees when a firing is twice found without just cause and the officer is not reinstated
If a hearing officer, administrative law judge, or appeals board finds a termination was without just cause, the employer does not reinstate, and the superior court also finds no just cause, “THE EMPLOYER SHALL PAY ALL TAXABLE COSTS AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPERT FEES INCURRED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER” in both appeals. The Bill of Rights covers non-probationary detention and corrections officers (38-1101(8)(b)). The Officer Ledger page has the full entry.
For corrections staff: An employer that refuses to reinstate you after losing twice pays your legal costs.
No retaliation against employees who testify in discipline appeals
“AN AGENCY, AN EMPLOYER OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN THIS STATE MAY NOT TAKE ANY RETALIATORY ACTION AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR PROVIDING TESTIMONY IN ANY PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION,” and may not prohibit or obstruct an employee, including a designated subject matter expert, from testifying. This applies to appeals by detention and corrections officers under the Bill of Rights.
For corrections staff: Coworkers and trainers can testify in your discipline appeal without retaliation.
ADCRR may keep inmate medical records only electronically
“THE DEPARTMENT MAY STORE AN INMATE’S MEDICAL RECORDS ELECTRONICALLY.” If it does, it need not keep paper copies and may dispose of them.
For corrections staff: Medical records units may move to electronic-only files.
Independent Correctional Oversight Office created, with unannounced access and an employee hotline
The office is led by a director appointed by the governor for a 5-year term and removable only for cause. It must monitor conditions of confinement, inspect each ADCRR facility at least every 2 years, run a secure hotline and online forms for “all department employees, contractors and inmates,” and report each year on deaths, overdoses, assaults, restrictive housing and solitary confinement, seriously mentally ill inmates, and staffing (number, tenure, turnover, vacancies, compensation, and inmate-to-staff ratios). “THE OFFICE SHALL HAVE ACCESS, IN PERSON AND WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, TO ALL FACILITIES,” may interview any employee, and may investigate alleged violations of law by department staff. It may not take up complaints about the employment relationship unless they relate to inmate health, safety, welfare, or rehabilitation. Section 1 deleted the director’s annual report on segregation, deaths, assaults, lockdowns, and staffing from 41-1604(A)(11), which Laws 2024, ch. 59 had added.
For corrections staff: You can report safety concerns confidentially to an outside office, and should expect unannounced inspections and interviews.
Investigation materials due at least 24 hours before an administrative interview
In an investigation that could lead to discipline, the employer must give the officer relevant and readily available materials “AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE INTERVIEW,” unless the officer waives it, the employer decides an earlier interview is needed to protect the integrity of the statement, or the interview must be done within 24 hours of a major incident. The Bill of Rights covers non-probationary state and local detention and corrections officers (38-1101(8)(b)).
For corrections staff: In an internal investigation you get a day to review the materials, subject to the listed exceptions.
Promoted officers who fail promotional probation may be demoted, not fired
“AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT TERMINATE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS PROMOTED ABOVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S CURRENT RANK AND PLACED ON PROBATIONARY STATUS FOR FAILING TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S PROBATIONARY PERIOD, BUT MAY DEMOTE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.” Termination for just cause stays available at any time. This applies to detention and corrections officers covered by 38-1101(8)(b).
For corrections staff: If you do not pass promotional probation, you return to your former rank instead of losing your job.
ADCRR may meet statutory reporting duties by posting on its website
“THE DIRECTOR MAY POST ON THE DEPARTMENT’S WEBSITE THE INFORMATION FROM ALL STATUTORILY REQUIRED REPORTS, FORMS, PLANS AND SUMMARIES.” Posting counts as submission if the director notifies the entities that are to receive the report.
For corrections staff: ADCRR’s required reports may appear on its website instead of being sent separately.
Yearly reports on Corrections complaints, and a director’s report on deaths, segregation, and staffing
Section 1 requires the ombudsman-citizens aide to report each year the number and topics of complaints about the Department of Corrections and how they were resolved (41-1376(A)(8)). Section 2 put a second report on the ADCRR director (41-1604(A)(11)): inmate deaths and suicide attempts, physical and sexual assaults, the number of inmates placed in administrative segregation or solitary confinement and for how long, lockdowns over 24 hours, “THE NUMBER OF STAFF, THE TENURE OF EACH STAFF MEMBER, THE STAFF TURNOVER RATE, STAFF VACANCIES AND STAFF COMPENSATION AT EACH FACILITY,” inmate-to-staff ratios, visits, and grievance resolution times. Laws 2025, ch. 258 repealed the director’s report effective September 26, 2025 and moved the data to the Independent Correctional Oversight Office’s annual report, so it was in force for about a year.
For corrections staff: Facility staffing, turnover, pay, and segregation data are now reported each year by the oversight office.
City and town jails may x-ray and body-scan inmates for contraband
The act adds “OR A CITY OR TOWN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY” to the authority the Department of Corrections and county jails already had. A facility may request practitioner-ordered x-rays of an inmate suspected of carrying contraband, and “may perform a body scan of an inmate by using low-dose ionizing radiation without an order from a licensed practitioner to prevent any contraband from entering into a correctional facility,” following generally accepted health and safety standards. Anyone with reasonable grounds to believe contraband was brought in must report it; failing to report is a class 5 felony.
For corrections staff: Municipal jail staff may now body-scan at intake; every staff member has a felony-backed duty to report contraband.
Aggravated assault protection extended to detention officers and other non-sworn agency staff
A new aggravated assault victim category covers “AN EMPLOYEE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, OTHER THAN A PEACE OFFICER, WHILE ENGAGED IN THE EXECUTION OF ANY OFFICIAL DUTIES.” The felony classifications that apply to assaults on peace officers in 13-1204 apply to assaults on these employees.
For corrections staff: Detention officers and civilian staff of sheriffs’ offices have the same felony assault protection as sworn officers while on duty.
Accredited jail health units may serve as mental health screening and evaluation agencies
The definitions of evaluation and screening agencies for court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment now include a facility exempt from licensure “THAT POSSESSES AN ACCREDITATION FROM EITHER A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE OR AN AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION.”
For corrections staff: An accredited jail health unit that is exempt from licensure and approved under Title 36 can serve as a screening or evaluation agency, so the person may not need to be moved to an outside agency.
Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass
No enacted corrections change awaits its effective date. These bills have no chapter number in the Legislature’s bill data and were not enacted; their text was not reviewed: HB 4110 (2026, “sheriff’s officers; correctional officers; training”), SB 1273 (2025, “deputy sheriff; detention officer; salary”), and the yearly bills on medical treatment and pregnancy requirements for prisoners, HB 2639 (2023), HB 2337 (2024), HB 2458 (2025), and HB 2529 (2026).
Not dated here: Laws 2023, ch. 121 (SB 1376), approved May 8, 2023, amended a 2022 border security appropriation. It kept $48,310,000 for $10,000 one-time payments to line-level deputies and detention officers employed by each county sheriff’s office as of May 1, 2022, and changed a $5,095,000 pot of $5,000 one-time payments to cover deputies and detention officers hired after May 1, 2022, distributed by each county’s vacancies on that date. The act “applies retroactively to from and after June 30, 2022,” and has no emergency clause; its effective date was not confirmed, so it is not listed as an entry.
The Arizona Supreme Court amended ACJA 6-106 (probation personnel) by Administrative Orders 2023-158 (effective October 30, 2023) and 2026-131 (effective September 12, 2026). The orders could not be retrieved, so what changed was not compared.
Checked and unchanged
- A.R.S. 41-1822 (correctional officer curriculum and standards): the 2026 Military Police to Peace Officer Pathway Act (Laws 2026, ch. 32, effective September 12, 2026) relettered former subsections (B) to (F) as (D) to (H), so the correctional officer provisions are now in subsection (D). This page cites the current lettering. Whether ch. 32 changed their wording was not compared.
- Not reviewed: AZPOST rules in A.A.C. Title 13, ch. 4 as they apply to correctional officers (continuing training hours and any rule on revoking a certificate of completion), because the rules site refused direct requests; ADCRR academy length and hiring criteria; and the amendment history of A.R.S. 31-601, which the Legislature’s section pages do not show.
Bills in the legislature
Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.
- Introduced
HB2523: Prisoners; strip search; pat search
Last action January 21, 2026: House read second time. Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Introduced
HB2529: Prisoners; medical treatment; pregnancy; requirements
Last action January 21, 2026: House read second time. Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Enacted
HB2673: Study committee; inmate mental health
Last action June 4, 2026: Chapter 105. Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Introduced
HB2677: Places of worship; unlawful imprisonment
Last action January 28, 2026: House PSLE Committee action: Withdrawn, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0). Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Introduced
SB1285: Prisoners; correctional facilities; sentencing
Last action February 18, 2026: Senate JUDE Committee action: Failed To Pass, voting: (3-4-0-0). Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Introduced
SB1304: Mental illness; prisoners; diagnosis; treatment
Last action January 26, 2026: Senate read second time. Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Introduced
SB1320: Children; incarcerated parents task force
Last action January 27, 2026: Senate read second time. Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
- Introduced
HB4110: Sheriff's officers; correctional officers; training
Last action February 11, 2026: House read second time. Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026).
The law, section by section
Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 126 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 12, Article 8: Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training BoardStatute · 10 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. Same article as the Officer Ledger library, re-read 2026-10-21. A.R.S. 41-1821 to 41-1828.02, official text
Chapter 12 PUBLIC SAFETY, Article 8 Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board
- 41-1821 Arizona peace officer standards and training board; membership; appointment; term; vacancies; meetings; compensation; acceptance of grants
- 41-1822 Powers and duties of board; definition
- 41-1823 Adoption of minimum qualifications; certification required
- 41-1824 Training expenditures
- 41-1825 Peace officers' training fund
- 41-1826 Arizona law enforcement training academy; former property; title transfer
- 41-1827 Application for grants
- 41-1828 Allocation of monies
- 41-1828.01 Required law enforcement agency reporting
- 41-1828.02 Certified peace officers; hiring reimbursement; definition
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 11: State Department of CorrectionsStatute · 65 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. A.R.S. 41-1601 to 41-1684, official text
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 1 Organization of State Department of Corrections
- 41-1601 Definitions
- 41-1602 State department of corrections; purpose
- 41-1603 Director; appointment; qualifications; compensation
- 41-1603.01 Director; reporting; website; posting; notification
- 41-1604 Duties and powers of director
- 41-1604.01 Authorization for care
- 41-1604.02 Inmate stores; establishment; privatization; prices; goods; inmate store proceeds fund
- 41-1604.03 Special services fund; uses; report
- 41-1604.04 Investment of special service fund monies; approval; deposit of proceeds
- 41-1604.05 Investment of offenders' funds; deposit of proceeds; commingling permitted
- 41-1604.06 Earned release credit eligibility certification; classifications; appeal
- 41-1604.07 Earned release credits; forfeiture; restoration; released prisoner health care; annual report
- 41-1604.08 Global position system monitoring: daily fee; deposit
- 41-1604.09 Parole eligibility certification; classifications; appeal; recertification; applicability; definition
- 41-1604.10 Earned release credits; forfeiture; restoration; applicability
- 41-1604.11 Order for removal; purposes; duration; work furlough; notice; failure to return; classification; applicability; definition
- 41-1604.12 Community correctional centers; powers and duties; allocation of compensation; absence without leave; classification; notice; applicability
- 41-1604.13 Home arrest; eligibility; victim notification; conditions; applicability; definitions
- 41-1604.14 Drug and alcohol treatment programs; annual report
- 41-1604.15 Probation or other release noneligibility; violent crime; under the influence of marijuana, a dangerous drug or a narcotic drug
- 41-1604.16 Parole or community supervision eligibility for persons previously convicted of possession or use of marijuana, a dangerous drug or a narcotic drug
- 41-1604.17 Arizona parents commission on drug education and prevention
- 41-1604.18 Community reentry work program; eligibility; victim notification; compensation; violation; classification
- 41-1604.19 Correctional facilities; notice; exception; definitions
- 41-1604.20 Graduated intervention policy; guidelines; annual report
- 41-1605 Power to accept and expend gifts
- 41-1606 Access to prisoner medical history information
- 41-1607 Correctional facilities for minors; programs
- 41-1608 Inmate medical services; rate structure
- 41-1609 Agreements with federal or private agencies and institutions; contract review; emergency contracts
- 41-1609.01 Adult incarceration contracts; criteria
- 41-1609.02 Establishment of private prison facilities; notice
- 41-1609.03 Adult incarceration private contractors; liability for services
- 41-1609.04 Reimbursing county for expense of prosecution; private prison
- 41-1610 Hazardous duty designation
- 41-1610.01 Authorization to maintain and retake custody of New Mexico prisoners
- 41-1610.03 Inmates; workforce and reentry; documentation; rules
- 41-1610.04 Inmate medical records; electronic storage; definition
- 41-1610.05 Department of veterans' services; veteran identification; anticipated release; confidentiality; annual report; definition
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 2 Divisions of the Department
- 41-1611 Number of divisions or units
- 41-1612 Community treatment program for imprisoned women; rules; eligibility; requirements
- 41-1613 Community correctional centers; powers and duties; allocation of compensation; absence without leave; classification; notice
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 3 Arizona Correctional Industries
- 41-1621 Definitions
- 41-1622 Arizona correctional industries; establishment; purpose
- 41-1623 Powers and duties of director
- 41-1624 Arizona correctional industries revolving fund; definitions
- 41-1624.01 Contracts; services to state agencies and others; lease of real property
- 41-1625 Arizona correctional industries; prisoner workplace injuries; evidence; medical and health services
- 41-1627 Fixing prices
- 41-1628 Catalogues of articles and products; distribution; estimates of needs by departments
- 41-1629 Order of distribution of articles, services and products; sale of surplus products
- 41-1630 Violation; classification
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 4 Corrections Fund
- 41-1641 Corrections fund; uses; prior approval; exemption; transfer
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 5 Prison Construction and Operations Fund
- 41-1651 Prison construction and operations fund
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 6 Correctional Officer Training
- 41-1661 Definitions
- 41-1662 General training powers and duties of the director; fund
- 41-1664 Tuition and fees; reimbursement
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 7 Private Employers on Grounds of Correctional Facilities
- 41-1671 Agreements with private employers; leases
- 41-1672 Voluntary employment
- 41-1673 Application of other laws
- 41-1674 Compensation of employed prisoners; payment and disposition
Chapter 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Article 8 Private Prisons
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 59: Independent Correctional Oversight OfficeStatute · 7 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. A.R.S. 41-7001 to 41-7007, official text
Chapter 59 INDEPENDENT CORRECTIONAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE, Article 1 General Provisions
- 41-7001 Definitions
- 41-7002 Independent correctional oversight office; director; appointment; term; qualifications; powers and duties; annual report
- 41-7003 Scope of investigations; complaints; investigative authority
- 41-7004 Inspection; rights and services; information; access
- 41-7005 Confidentiality; communications; procedures; information
- 41-7006 Protections; immunity; exceptions
- 41-7007 Corrections oversight fund
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 31: Prisons and Prisoners (jail prisoners; pregnant prisoners)Statute · 13 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. Partial list of Title 31: Article 2 of Chapter 1 (jail prisoners, which contains 31-121) and Chapter 5 (31-601), the provisions the page cites. A.R.S. 31-121 to 31-132; 31-601, official text
Chapter 1 JAILS, Article 2 Prisoners
- 31-121 Duty of sheriff to receive and provide for prisoners; contracts for furnishing food; city or town prisoners; employment; canteens; special services fund; insurance; education programs
- 31-122 Receiving and keeping federal prisoners
- 31-123 Confinement of person committed to jail
- 31-124 Segregation of prisoners; males and females; minors and adults
- 31-125 Duty of sheriff to deliver judicial papers to prisoner
- 31-126 Examination of certain prisoners for mental disorder
- 31-127 Abuse of prisoner; classification
- 31-128 Unauthorized communication with prisoner; classification
- 31-129 Taking prohibited articles into jail; violation; classification; definitions
- 31-130 Destruction of or injury to public jail; classification
- 31-131 Operation of inmate industry program; special services fund; application of earnings
- 31-132 Duty to deliver medical records
Chapter 5 LIMITED RESTRICTIONS FOR PREGNANT PRISONERS AND PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN, Article 1 General Provisions
- 31-601 Pregnant prisoners; restraints; written findings; rules; appropriate food and dietary supplements; restrictive housing; bed placement; training; reporting; definitions
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 38, Chapter 8, Article 1: Law Enforcement Officers (Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights)Statute · 21 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. A.R.S. 38-1101 to 38-1121, official text
Chapter 8 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, Article 1 Law Enforcement Officers
- 38-1101 Definitions
- 38-1102 Peace officers bill of rights; preemption
- 38-1103 Discipline of law enforcement officers; exceptions
- 38-1104 Internal investigations; notice; employee representative; confidentality; probation; termination; exception
- 38-1105 Law enforcement officer as witness; right to representation; exception
- 38-1106 Appeal of disciplinary actions; transcripts; change of hearing officer or administrative law judge; burden of proof; superior court appeal; final disposition report; exception
- 38-1107 Superior court review hearing; remedy; exceptions
- 38-1108 Polygraph examinations; exception
- 38-1109 Confidentiality of records; exception
- 38-1110 Time limitation on disciplinary action against law enforcement officer;
- 38-1111 Critical incident stress management team members; peer support team members; privilege; exceptions; definitions
- 38-1112 Law enforcement officers; fitness for duty examinations; rights of officers; definitions
- 38-1113 Carrying of firearms by peace officers; exceptions; definitions
- 38-1114 Health insurance payments for spouse or dependents of law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty; applicability; definitions
- 38-1115 Officers; purchase of firearm; definitions
- 38-1116 Use of force incident investigation; right to view recorded video; statement
- 38-1117 Law enforcement officer investigation and discipline committee, board, agency, department, office, entity or person; membership; qualifications; exceptions; statewide concern; definition
- 38-1118 Use-of-force incidents; data collection; reports; rules; public records; definitions
- 38-1119 Law enforcement officers; database; notice; request for reconsideration; definitions
- 38-1120 Peace officer complaint; mandatory notice
- 38-1121 Law enforcement agency; wellness program; confidentiality; definitions
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 12, Chapter 2, Articles 6 and 6.1: Adult Probation Officers and Adult Surveillance OfficersStatute · 8 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. A.R.S. 12-251 to 12-259.01, official text
Chapter 2 JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, Article 6 Adult Probation Officer
- 12-251 Adult probation officers and support staff; appointment; qualifications
- 12-252 Salaries and expenses
- 12-253 Powers and duties
- 12-254 Chief adult probation officer; duties; other officers' duties
- 12-255 Private enterprise probation services
- 12-256 Probation officers; enforcement of pretrial release conditions
Chapter 2 JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, Article 6.1 Adult Surveillance Officers
Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 13: Criminal Code (justification for force by correctional officials; prison contraband)Statute · 2 sections
Official text current through azleg.gov: "The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session" (2026), read 2026-10-21. Headings from the azleg.gov title index (arsDetail). The Legislature's online statutes are unofficial; the official print version is published by Thomson Reuters. Partial lists: only the sections the tracker page cites. A.R.S. 13-403, 13-2505, official text
Chapter 4 JUSTIFICATION
- 13-403 Justification; use of physical force
Chapter 25 ESCAPE AND RELATED OFFENSES
- 13-2505 Promoting prison contraband; exceptions; x-radiation; body scans; classification
No rules are listed: the AZPOST rules (13 A.A.C. 4) sit on apps.azsos.gov, which returns HTTP 403 (Cloudflare bot check) to curl and WebFetch; the Officer Ledger library lists them from an archived copy. The Arizona Code of Judicial Administration (Part 6 and 1-302), which governs probation personnel, is a court rule set and is not listed. Not listed: A.R.S. 38-881 et seq. (Corrections Officer Retirement Plan), a pension statute outside this ledger's standards scope.
USCLI's source monitor re-reads the 28 official sources cited on this page around the clock; 6 answered unchanged at their latest check. The oldest of those checks was on October 20, 2026.
Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “Arizona corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/arizona (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.