AZ SB1285

Requires sentences for felony offenses committed while imprisoned in private correctional facilities or federal prisons/detention centers to run consecutively to existing sentences, expanding current law that only applies to state department of corrections facilities.

Adds private correctional facilities and federal prisons/detention centers to the list of custody locations that qualify as aggravating circumstances when determining death penalty eligibility for first degree murder.

Expands the definition of "correctional facility" for dangerous or deadly assault by prisoners to include facilities contracting with the state department of corrections, private correctional facilities, and federal prisons or detention centers.

Maintains that prisoners who commit assault with deadly weapons or cause serious physical injury while in any listed correctional facility are guilty of a class 2 felony with mandatory consecutive sentencing.