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California’s Black Legislators Make Case for Reparations Bills While Launching Statewide Tour
US News & World Report· 1 hour agoSeveral members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus launched a statewide tour in San Diego Saturday to promote a slate of 14 reparations bills, including a measure that could change the ...
Inmates in Connecticut prison on hunger strike to protest conditions
The News-Times· 7 hours agoTwo men incarcerated in Connecticut's largest prison have spent more than a week on hunger strike to...
Next slate of prison closures could be announced soon, Hochul discusses closure factors,...
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 14—Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has the power to close up to five more state prisons this year, and the decision on which facilities will be shuttered is ...
Ross Harris, accused of leaving 2-year-old son in hot car to die, released from prison
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoAccording to Georgia jail records, Harris was released from Macon State Prison on Sunday. He’s now...
Nevada wildland firefighting changes affect Carlin program
Elko Daily Free Press· 21 hours agoA longtime wildfire fighting tradition of using prison inmate fire crews is fading, but the Carlin...
In prison, tablets give inmates connection to the outside world - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 5 days agoUnder an expanded education program, all Massachusetts Department of Correction facilities now have...
Hanover man pleads guilty in 2023 drug overdose death of township resident
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoState statute does not require the charge to include the intention of death. Gilbreth has requested his client, who is a college graduate, serve time in a minimum security ...
Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity ‘megaprison’ for gang members as part of a crackdown
WPRI Providence· 3 days agoTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new...
Denver and other jails are ditching programs allowing inmates to go to work — once a mainstay....
Denver Post· 5 days agoThat’s down 63% from the 750 beds available in 2019. Waitlists for the facilities, which primarily...
Stec, Jones push for Gabriels sale
Plattsburgh Press-Republican· 4 days agoState Sen. Dan Stec is upset over the state legislature’s failure to enact legislation that would allow a dormant prison to be sold for ...