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Department: Water service restored to Douglas prison complex

Posted at 8:20 AM, Jun 11, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-11 11:20:29-04

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Department of Corrections that normal water service has been restored to a prison where inmates had to use bottled water and portable toilets for several days after a well ran dry.

Department spokesman Andrew Wilder says Cochise County crews on Monday completed repairs that restored service to the Douglas prison complex.

The complex houses approximately 2,000 inmates.