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Prison supervisor claims broken cell locks are being reported as fixed when they're not

A whistleblower at Lewis prison takes allegations to the governor and new prisons director.

PHOENIX — A supervisor at the troubled Lewis state prison complex in Buckeye is alleging that prison administrators are hiding their failure to fix broken locks on cell doors.

Associate Deputy Warden Shaun Holland took the inside information straight to Gov. Doug Ducey and the state's new prison director in a whistleblower letter. 

Early this year, another Lewis whistleblower leaked video showing prison inmates charging out of unlocked cells and attacking their guards.

Spokesmen for the governor and prison's director say they are reviewing the new allegations.

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