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Smith State Prison shooting: Inmate, Aramark employee may have had relationship
WAGA fox local articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoprison is indefensible," he said. "There is absolutely no way that any inmate should have been able...
A Lexington judge tossed a murder charge. The KY attorney general wants it reinstated
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 minutes agoSimpson argued in his motion that he was only supposed to serve a maximum sentence of 20 years....
A Georgia inmate used a gun to kill a prison kitchen worker before killing himself, officials say
Associated Press· 2 days agoThe Georgia Department of Corrections in a statement said it’s investigating the deaths at Smith ...
Warden of Missouri prison replaced after investigation of inmate death
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoAn acting warden has taken over for Doris Falkenrath, Karen Pojmann, spokesperson for the Missouri...
Georgia inmate fatally shoots food service worker at Smith State Prison
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 2 days agoIn an extraordinary breach of security, a Georgia state prison inmate shot and killed an Aramark food service employee Sunday at Smith State< ...
EDITORIAL: Prison mess demands plan from the top
Kenosha News· 2 days agoIt’s hard to imagine the Waupun prison rehabilitating criminals if it can’t even provide the basic necessities of life. Donald Maier, 62, serving 15 years for stalking, told ...
What happened at Waupun: A timeline of prisoner deaths, investigations, lawsuits and resignations
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHepp, the former warden, is charged with one count of felony misconduct in public office in that...
Inside the Bureau of Prisons, a federal agency plagued by understaffing, abuse, disrepair
CBS News· 2 days agoThe United States federal prison system has 158,000 inmates in its custody and locks up some of the...
Prison staff are rarely charged in custody deaths. Now advocates see hope for change
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoFew of the cases were tied to the state's correctional system, and even fewer resulted in convictions. Last week, prosecutors charged nine former...wouldn't say unheard of ...
Actor Ian McKellen, 85, in ‘good spirits’ and expected to recover from fall off stage in London
Kenosha News· 2 hours agoActor Ian McKellen is expected to make a full recovery after he toppled off a London stage Monday...