Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 31-222 (2026)

Research and evaluation programs

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A. The department shall establish programs of research, statistics and planning, including the study of its own performance concerning the treatment of adult offenders.

B. The department may conduct and supervise research into the causes of detention and treatment of crime and disseminate such information to the public and governmental or private agencies.

C. The department may establish such joint research and information facilities of governmental and private agencies as it shall determine.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1967–1972 · leading case: State v. Norgard, 429 P.2d 670 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1967).
State v. Norgard, 429 P.2d 670 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 4× “A correlative duty is imposed by A.R.S. § 31-222, which requires the superintendent to keep a "* * * full and accurate record of each prisoner * * *" confined in the state prison.”
State v. Black, 494 P.2d 1332 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “” A.R.S. § 31-222 provides that “The superintendent of the prison shall keep at the prison a full and accurate record of each prisoner therein confined.”
State v. Smith, 469 P.2d 838 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “Certification of the exhibit by the Secretary of Arizona State Prison is condemned by the appellant.”
State v. Rangel, 468 P.2d 623 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “Whether he has been previously-confined in a state prison * * * * * * * * This register is separate from the records which the superintendent of the prison must keep under A.R.S. § 31-222 and § 13-1251, now repealed, which covers a comprehensive treatment of the prisoner’s…”
State v. Jackson, 457 P.2d 301 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “” A.R.S. § 31-222: “The superintendent of the prison shall keep at the prison a full and accurate record of each prisoner therein confined.”
Batchan v. State ex rel. Eyman, 424 P.2d 202 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “onard Batchan, has applied to this Court for a writ of certiorari to determine the legality of the method of keeping records of two-for-one time to be credited for labor performed in the Arizona State Prison, as applied to him, and to compel the superintendent of the prison to…”
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