According to the executive order, commission appointees will include members of the AZ Senate and House, an inmate advocacy group, formerly and currently incarcerated, health care experts, family of incarcerated, and representatives of correctional workers. This commission will have the power to inspect prison facilities and to interview staff and prisoners. This order will provide TRANSPARENCY regarding the DOC, which has been completely lacking before this new administration.
Hobbs told reporters, “Incarcerated Arizonans should be treated humanely and decently.” “I don’t think there’s any disagreement that there has been a lack of transparency into these really serious correctional issues, and the lack of urgency to change the way we’re treating folks in state custody.”