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Arizona Prison Probes Homicide in Death of Inmate Leon Indian at Yuma Facility

The case deepens concerns over a spate of 2025 prison killings under legislative scrutiny.

Overview

  • State corrections officials say the 50-year-old died on Dec. 11 after several inmates apparently attacked him at the Arizona State Prison Complex–Yuma.
  • He was transported to Onvida Health Yuma Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to an ADCRR news release.
  • One alleged aggressor was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
  • Indian had been incarcerated since 2024 on a Maricopa County sentence for second-degree burglary.
  • Reporters count the death as one of at least nine homicides in Arizona state prisons in 2025, and officials have not provided a confirmed total.