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Problems calculating sentence credits prompt hunger strikes at Illinois prison
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 7 hours agoTwo men incarcerated at Robinson Correctional Facility in downstate Illinois went on hunger strikes earlier this month to protest delays in getting sentence credits they believe would make them ...
Jails to run out of space in days, governors warn
BBC via Yahoo News· 14 hours ago'Immediate change' Last month, the government announced an emergency measure called Operation Early Dawn, to relieve some of the pressure of...
Joshua Wade, Alaska Serial Killer Who Killed 5 People, Dies in Indiana Prison at Age 44
People Magazine· 2 days agoSerial killer Joshua Wade, who admitted to killing five people in Alaska between 1994 and 2007, has...
Man sentenced to 22 years in prison for violent 2022 Queens subway assault on woman
ABC7 New York· 22 hours agoThe man behind a vicious attack on a woman inside a Queens train station back in 2022 was sentenced...
Jelly Roll on Hosting CMA Fest: “The Magnitude of the Moment Really Hit Me”
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoCountry singer Jelly Roll is known for the hits “Need a Favor,” “Son of a Sinner,” and “Save Me.”...
Don’t judge Julian Assange for taking US plea deal, says Australian MP
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAssange is due to be sentenced to 62 months of time in prison which he has already served. The...
GUEST EDITORIAL: Prisons must be made safe for all our sakes
The Valdosta Daily Times· 1 day agoA shooting incident just up the road in Tattnall County might prompt Georgians to begin wondering who is running their state prisons. It is a legitimate question when an inmate ...
Assange Agrees to Plead Guilty in Exchange for Release, Ending Standoff With U.S.
New York Times· 19 hours agoJulian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, agreed to plead guilty on Monday to a single felony count...
Murdered teen's mum wants changes to parole system
BBC via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoSpeaking in March she said: "I spend months preparing a victim impact statement, then have to face the ordeal of going into the prison, where the man who...
Chinese journalist freed after four years in prison for COVID reporting
North Denver News· 13 hours agoAmong them was Zhang Zhan, then a 36-year-old former lawyer who bravely chronicled the unfolding crisis in the city where the virus first surfaced. Standing in front of a Wuhan train station ...