AZ Briefing: Death rate in Maricopa County jails deemed…

August 6, 2024
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Mon Aug 5 2024

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.

Forty-three people are known to have died in the Maricopa County jail system in 2022. More than one-quarter of those deaths were suicides. Forty-three more people died in the jails in 2023.

An Arizona Republic investigation found the death rate in Maricopa County jails is among the highest of major jail systems in the country — one researcher called the number of deaths “astronomical.”

Read more about what Arizona Republic reporters discovered about deaths in Maricopa County jails.

PV mansion with 10-foot redwood doors sells for $12M

This Paradise Valley mansion is a hilltop estate with four bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a primary suite with a coffee bar and a tile pool, sold for $12 million.

Provided by Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty

Features of the priciest Valley homes to sell in mid-July include a dog run, a skatepark, a tennis court and a built-in trampoline.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1926: Harry Houdini pulled off what would be his final public stunt: He stayed in an airtight, 700-pound coffin underwater in New York City’s Hotel Shelton for 91 minutes to beat a rival who performed the same act for an hour. After 88 minutes, Houdini wrote, “I commenced to see yellow lights and carefully watched myself not to go to sleep.”
•	In 1930: Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was awarded three Air Medals for his service in the Korean War before earning an aeronautical engineering degree, joining NASA and becoming the first person to walk on the moon.
•	In 1962: Actor Marilyn Monroe was found dead at 36 in her Los Angeles home. The iconic sex symbol overdosed on barbiturates. Police concluded “the mode of death is probable suicide.”
•	In 1963: Britain, America and Russia signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at Moscow. The deal prohibited nuclear weapons tests “or any other nuclear explosion” in the atmosphere, underwater and in space, and limited underground explosions to make sure radioactive debris stayed within national borders. More than 100 countries had already signed.
•	In 1964: After reported attacks on two U.S. destroyers in Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson put the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution before Congress, asking for authorization to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack” against the U.S. in southeast Asia.
•	In 2022: A jury in Austin determined that “Infowars” host Alex Jones must pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jones promoted untrue theories that the massacre was a hoax.

Fewer asylum seekers are entering Pima County

The number of people seeking asylum arriving in Pima County was at its lowest this year in May.

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AZ Briefing: Death rate in Maricopa County jails deemed ‘astronomical’

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