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Correctional officers demand better working conditions YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - As tensions continue to rise within the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma, several correctional officers tell News 11 they fear for their safety during the pandemic. The coronavirus has now infected 1,189 inmates at the Yuma complex since the start of the pandemic. Currently only 699 have recovered. The amount of infected inmates now places the Yuma complex right behind the Tucson complex for number of cases. Reports from correctional officers (CO's) who work at the state prison in Yuma claim the numbers on...

Yuma Prison Complex warden passes away from coronavirus Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A warden from Arizona State Prison Yuma Complex passed away this week. Sources tell News 11's Crystal Jimenez his death was COVID-19 related. Social media posts, as well as sources who knew Warden Edwin Jensen, confirmed his death this week. The Yuma County Medical Examiner confirms Edwin Jensen was a patient at Yuma Regional Medical Center, but was unable to comment on the exact day of his death, or on its exact cause. Sources inside the prison tol...