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Smith State Prison shooting: Inmate, Aramark employee may have had relationship
WAGA fox local articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGLENNVILLE, Ga. - An inmate shot and killed an employee at Smith State Prison over the weekend...
A Georgia inmate used a gun to kill a prison kitchen worker before killing himself, officials say
Associated Press· 2 days agoAn inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison early Sunday before fatally...
Former Minnesota corrections employee says he was fired after exposing punishment scheme
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoA former Minnesota Department of Corrections employee has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired...
A spike in deaths prompted ongoing reforms at Louisville's jail. Are they working?
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMore than 100 people are currently receiving medically assisted treatment for the disorder, and in-...
The Hollowing of the Eighth Amendment | Duncan Hosie
New York Review of Books· 14 hours agoIn 1991 an inmate named Dee Farmer sued prison officials at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition...
Denver and other jails are ditching programs allowing inmates to go to work — once a mainstay....
Denver Post· 5 days agoAnd the end of the work-release program came as the city lost 60% of its halfway house beds, further...
Incarcerated women in Mass. now have their own program to prepare them for reentry
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFRAMINGHAM — By all accounts, Makayla Lowe is a busy inmate at MCI-Framingham. Lowe, 27, has been...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis receives 37 bills. Here’s when they could take effect
WKMG ClickOrlando· 11 hours agoOn Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis received another batch of 37 bills from the Legislature,...
Indiana Supreme Court lets stand appellate ruling overlooking K-9 delay, prolonged traffic stop
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 2 hours agoThe Supreme Court won't alter an appellate decision authorizing police to explicitly drag out a...
Nevada wildland firefighting changes affect Carlin program
Elko Daily Free Press· 1 day agoA longtime wildfire fighting tradition of using prison inmate fire crews is fading, but the Carlin...