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Naked inmate ‘left to die alone’ in pool of blood, Nevada suit says. Mom wants answers
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAfter Christian Walker was transferred to a different Nevada prison, he died within two days,...
Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from...
How many people die each year in jails and prisons? No one knows
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHigh Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, Nev., where at least 55 Nevada prison inmates died after...
Oregon recriminalizes drug possession. How many people are in jail for drug-related crimes?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed a bill into law that ends the first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law that was enacted three years ago. House Bill 4002, recriminalizes the possession ...
After 50 years, investigators ID suspect who killed Good Samaritan in the Mojave Desert
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDaniel Ashton Walker Jr. was fatally shot by an unknown gunman as he and a passenger slept in a...
Louisville needs new jail to help prevent deaths, investigator says
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn investigator told Louisville Metro Council members on Wednesday the city needs a new jail, blaming its design in part for a string of deaths at the downtown facility. The jail is "woefully ...