Maricopa County Jail
Maricopa County Jail DUI Costs Go Up Defendants who serve DUI sentences in county jails are required by law to pay the costs of their incarceration. Courts have discretion to reduce the assessment of jail costs if full the assessment would cause financial hardship on the defendant. These requirements are set forth in 28…
A vigil was held Wednesday night, and a rally held Thursday, for a woman now in federal custody facing deportation after self-surrendering to the Maricopa County Jail to serve a 24-hour misdemeanor DUI jail sentence. Elva Bernal is a mother and grandmother who has lived in Arizona for more than 30 years. During that…
6/2/26 It is of particular importance in a second offense DUI situation to make sure the amount charged by the court for Maricopa County Jail fees is correct; although this fact is sometimes unknown and other times simply overlooked, the jail rates for second offense sentences are 50% less than for first offenses. For instance,…
4/22/16 Phoenix explores alternatives to Maricopa County Jail The City of Phoenix has paid an average of about ten million dollars per year for the last fifteen years in jail costs to the Maricopa County Jail, and Phoenix cases account for more than thirty percent of bookings into the Jail. Those costs are set…