Sixteen. That's troubling. We need to get to these kids a lot sooner than that.
I'm concerned that with the closing of the state department of juvenile corrections, the counties will elect to try older children as adults more often, simply to get the state prison to pay for their incarceration from the adult funds, rather than have to come up with more programming and appropriate residential options for juveniles at the local level.
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
JANICE K. BREWER GOVERNOR
1601 W. JEFFERSON PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 (602) 542-3133
CHARLES L. RYAN DIRECTOR
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
JANICE K. BREWER GOVERNOR
1601 W. JEFFERSON PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 (602) 542-3133
CHARLES L. RYAN DIRECTOR
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Barrett Marson Bill Lamoreaux
www.bmarson@azcorrections.gov www.blamorea@azcorrections.gov
January 26, 2010
Inmate Death Notification
www.bmarson@azcorrections.gov www.blamorea@azcorrections.gov
January 26, 2010
Inmate Death Notification
Florence, Ariz. - Inmate Alexandru Usurelu, 22, ADC #181716 was found unresponsive in his housing unit at ASPC-Eyman’s Special Management Unit. Usurelu was pronounced dead by the emergency medical responders just after 8 p.m. Monday from an apparent homicide.
Usurelu was admitted to ADC on Dec. 4, 2003, after a conviction for 2nd degree murder from Maricopa County. He was sentenced to prison for 40 years.
Usurelu was housed in a two-man cell and his cellmate is a suspect. The investigation is ongoing and being conducted by the department's Criminal Investigations Unit.
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Here's another 22-year old dead. Same day, different prison. Not clearly homicide - but not suspected suicide.
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January 26, 2010
Inmate Death Notification
Inmate Death Notification
Tucson, Ariz. – Inmate Ulises Rodriguez, 22, ADC #240623 was found unresponsive in his two-man cell at ASPC-Tucson’s Cimarron Unit. Rodriguez was pronounced dead by the emergency medical responders just after 8 a.m. Monday.
Rodriguez was admitted to ADC on Dec. 22, 2009, after a conviction for discharging a firearm at a structure.
He was sentenced to prison for 10 and a half years.
The suspicious death is under investigation by the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit.
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Alex was actually 15 when he murdered my brother and his best friend execution style. This piece of work lived in a home three blocks away from his parents with no adults. Being that he was in SMU should speak volumes of what kind of person he choose to be behind bars. Rest in peace Joey and Robert.
ReplyDeletewith all the respect for your loss, can you give me a reason for this actions, l mean theat your brother and the friend hade been murderd? usurelu wase drugd what fammily life he hade l just don t get it.so sorry for you and your fammily, good rest them
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I met Alex in prison actually we both had the same judge man that judge was a real piece of work for giving my good friend so many years. I just bearly found out that he passed away im very sad for my friend u know me and him use to talk allot in jail and lets just say that the way he told me things happened are way diferent the what ur family said thoes kids did drugs and they did something bad that I will never tell ppl but from wat alex told me they had it coming. Alex I will forever miss u and keep u in my heart last thing I want to say is that knowing Alex he didnt go with out.a fight he was a great loyal trust worthy person and he always told me he was gonna get out some how :-) buddy ur free go with God and wait for me so we can have eachothers back again :”(
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