Tent City, Maricopa County’s open-air jail notorious for hosting inmates wearing pink underwear in the blistering summer heat, will shut down, according to Sheriff Paul Penzone. Penzone made ...

Tent City, Maricopa County’s infamous outdoor jail, quietly closed for business this weekend. Its remaining inmates were taken from the 7-acre compound in southwest Phoenix late Saturday night ...

PHOENIX — The end of Maricopa County’s controversial Tent City jail is almost here. Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone made the announcement to close the facility down in early April.

Joe Arpaio, the former top cop in Phoenix’s Maricopa County, established the jail in 1993. But he was voted out of office last year. Soon, Tent City will also be gone. Erected in a remote area ...

The legacy of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took a hit when his successor announced last week that he's tearing down Arpaio’s infamous Tent City Jail. The open-air jail was built in ...

Tent City, Maricopa County’s infamous outdoor jail, quietly closed for business this weekend. Its remaining inmates were taken from the 7-acre compound in southwest Phoenix late Saturday night ...

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced on Tuesday that, upon the recommendation of an advisory committee, he will be shutting down the famed Tent City Jail, where inmates ...

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone said he is still working to determine the future of his predecessor’s most controversial jail: Tent City. In an interview with Mac & Gaydos on ...

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely pointed to the notorious, outdoor Tent City Jail he opened in the 1990s as a symbol of his "tough on crime" stance. Inmates live in tents ...