Arizona asks US Supreme Court to halt prison healthcare takeover in ‘Hail Mary’ filing

By: Kiera Riley

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 18, 2026

Words: 879

Last Updated: 15 hours, 53 minutes ago

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Attorneys for Arizona’s prison system ran to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to make one last plea to delay a court-ordered takeover of its healthcare system.

A federal district court judge and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already denied the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry’s request to put off receivership of the prison healthcare system until an appeals court makes a final call.

But in a final …

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