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North Dakota prisons running out of room; more state money requested
North Dakota Monitor via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoNorth Dakota inmates are serving longer sentences, causing prisons to run out of beds at a pace the...
Secrets of Alcatraz: 5 Facts About the Notorious Prison You Probably Didn't Know
Architectural Digest via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoIn 1907, the Army redesignated Alcatraz as...escape risks by other penitentiaries. According to the...
Nevada death row inmate Norman Belcher dies by suicide
KSNV 3 Las Vegas· 3 days agoNorman Belcher, a Nevada inmate who was on death row for the murder of a 15-year-old girl, died last...
Ohio jails shouldn’t be death sentences for those with drug, mental health issues | Editorial
Gannett via AOL· 24 hours agoIn some instances, jail staff withheld life-saving medicine and equipment and failed to stop the...
Inmates sue over Putnamville conditions
The Herald Bulletin· 2 days agoA state prisoner from Madison County was among more than 20 inmates who filed individual lawsuits this week against the Indiana Department of Correction...
Ex-Raider, now prisoner Henry Ruggs working at Nevada governor’s mansion
Touchdown Wire via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoRuggs, like many prisoners, has a job. Unlike most, the former Alabama wideout is one of four ...
Oklahoma prison staff face charges, lawsuit for allegedly directing inmates to assault another ...
The Oklahoman· 3 days agoThe then 42-year-old, sentenced to 15 years for first-degree rape in Oklahoma County, started the...
Tibor Hollo, Holocaust Survivor Who Transformed Miami Skyline, Dies at 96
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoHollo and his father later were forced to join a march to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in...
Former Danbury inmate pleads guilty in razor blade attack at federal prison
The News-Times· 3 days agoAttorney’s Office said. Jonathan...District Court in New Haven. According to court records,...
Wisconsin warden and 8 staff members charged following probes into inmate deaths
WKMG ClickOrlando· 2 days agoThe warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison and eight members of his staff were charged...