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ACLU sues to protect Arizona county jail inmates from virus

by Associated Press
| June 16, 2020 5:03 PM

PHOENIX (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone and the sheriff’s office demanding the release of medically vulnerable inmates from the county's jails.

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