California prisons restrict movement, calls and visits as violence surges
High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in ...
‘Surge’ of violence prompts crackdown in California prison system, officials say
The day before state authorities announced plans to restrict inmate movement and revoke visits and other privileges, three ...
CT high-security prison incarcerates 547. Why correction officers are talking to some, one at a time
A Connecticut correction officer was stabbed in the neck last summer, and deploying a caustic pepper spray on recalcitrant ...
Charles Manson's Cause of Death Revealed
The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's ...
Two San Diego women talk about their path to success after leaving the criminal justice system
One woman was tutoring other former inmates in a post-prison program, helping them get better grades when a staff member ...
Borrowing from Norway, a Connecticut prison tries a new approach
Correction officers spend unstructured time with the incarcerated in the new model, hoping to stem problems before they start.
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California's Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women's sports, splitting with progressives
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has spoken out against allowing transgender women and girls to compete in female sports. It's a ...
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Louisiana's execution protocol unsealed. New detailed plans to use nitrogen gas released.
Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution ...
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America’s Human Rights Crisis: Prison Slavery
The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...
Aryan Brotherhood leader charged with attempting to kill guards, but he’s already serving two life sentences
Prosecutors there have charged Yandell, a leader of the White supremacist prison gang, with attempted murder, stemming from ...
Crime and Public Safety
Prosecutors there have charged Yandell, a leader of the White supremacist prison gang, with attempted murder, stemming from ...
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Prisoners being sent back to jail because it's the 'easiest thing to do', chief inspector of probation says
What's being noticed outside jail in the community, is also being felt inside a pressured and crowded prison system. When Sky News visited HMP Elmley in Kent in October, almost everyone we spoke ...