Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone says 23 jail inmates have gone on a hunger strike in an attempt to get better quality food.

Inmates at several MCSO detention facilities are going on a three-day hunger strike to protest the quality and frequency of the food they are serving.

To combat the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus, Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced that he would suspend work furlough and work-release programs in all of the county's jail ...

The Maricopa County jail system may start charging inmates a daily fee for meals.

Each day, the roughly 8,300 inmates at the Maricopa County Jail receive two meals. Starting next month, they will have to pay $1 apiece for those meals. “Everybody else has to pay for their food.