A couple of guards stood in the thin shade of a wall at Yuma Territorial Prison, watching convicts mill about the yard. It was summer, the dog days, sometime around the monsoon, and everything was ...

YUMA, Ariz. – This desert community in the southwest corner of Arizona has the reputation of being one of the hottest places in the country and is surrounded by inhospitable wasteland. Back in the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jan 7, 2022 Jan 7, 2022 0 The Yuma Territorial Prison. Photo courtesy of Arizona State Parks. Metro columnist {{description}} ...

YUMA (3TV/CBS 5) - For those looking for scary Halloween activities, the Yuma Territorial Prison Historic Park is a great option. It was recently nominated the second-best haunted destination by USA ...

In 1877 William Jordan Flake was arrested for unlawful plural marriage and served six months in Yuma, Arizona’s, famed prison. Flake lived the rest of his life in Snowflake, Arizona, with his two ...

Nine months ago, the Yuma community mobilized into chain gangs to raise more than $70,000 in 60 days to save the Yuma Territorial Prison from the state park system's cutting block. Since then, the ...

Many people only know the name of Yuma, Arizona, from “3:10 to Yuma,” the 2007 film starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. And the movie ends before anybody actually gets to Yuma, so we never ...

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Yuma’s historic prison will temporarily be on lockdown after Labor Day. The city’s tourism officials say Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park will be closed from Sept. 6 thru ...