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A ‘distressing pattern’: Congressman asks feds to investigate Tarrant County Jail deaths
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 6 hours ago“From physical altercations to drug overdoses and even an unattended birth, the loss of any life...
Inmate at California prison from Sacramento dies after fight, ‘less lethal’ round to head
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 6 hours agoBirdon, the department said in a news release Friday. Correctional staff at High Desert State Prison...
9 charged, including warden, in connection with 2 Wisconsin inmate deaths
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNine Wisconsin correctional officials, including the warden of a maximum-security prison, have been...
Native American Activist Peltier Gets Parole Hearing, First in 15 Years
US News & World Report· 6 hours agoPeltier, 79, has maintained that he did not kill FBI special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Advocates, including figures such as the late ...
Culinary program helps WV inmates find peace, purpose and hope for a future
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch· 12 hours agoIn Mason County, West Virginia, Lakin Correctional Center's culinary arts program is one of several...
Inmate at Donaldson Correctional Facility stabbed to death
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 10 hours agoAccording to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, Deandre Roney sustained a sharp force injury...
Woman serving life sentence dies at Anson Correctional Institution
WCNC Charlotte· 5 days agoAnson Correctional staff said she was confirmed dead around 30 minutes after she was found...
Waupun Correctional Institution staff arrests prompt community action on prison conditions
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWAUPUN – Wisconsin's oldest prison has been under continued scrutiny for lockdowns, inmate deaths,...
Watch: Melissa Etheridge spotlights female prisoners in trailer for new docuseries
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoI'm Not Broken follows Etheridge as she writes an original song inspired by letters sent by five...
Protestors hold vigil outside Waupun Correctional for the four inmates who died there
WBAY Green Bay· 1 day agoIt comes in response to four inmates who’ve died at the facility over the past year. “You are...