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Arizona School Uses Holding Hands as Punishment

Emerald Catron — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:04:52 +0000

Two Arizona teenagers faced a choice after getting into a fight at Westwood High in Mesa: They could either be suspended for nine days ... or hold hands in front of everybody. Obviously, they chose the latter, and now the school is catching flak for it.

Arizona Professor Banned from McDonald's, Found Disease-Causing Bacteria [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:03 +0000

A university professor in Arizona has been banned from eight McDonald’s restaurants in her area, after she found dangerous bacteria in the children’s play area. On Monday morning, Erin Carr Jordan received a hand-delivered letter from an attorney stating that she was no longer allowed to set foot in the specified McDonald’s restaurants near Phoenix. [...]

Arizona Now Charges People $25 to Visit Prison Inmates

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:34:36 +0000

New legislation in Arizona allows the state’s Department of Corrections to impose a one-time “background check fee” of $25 on adults wishing to visit inmates at any of its 15 facilities.

Needless to say, families and prisoner advocacy groups are not happy, citing the existing costs of traveling to visit loved ones housed in prisons that are often located in remote areas.