Tag: Correctional systems
Two BOP workers admit crimes on morning of Epstein’s death
NEW YORK — Two Bureau of Prisons guards admitted falsifying records Tuesday after financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail death in a deferred prosecution deal that...
Nebraska inmates’ fight to wed ends after one of them dies
LINCOLN, Neb. — A man and a woman convicted in separate murders who fought the state of Nebraska for years for the right to...
Cooks, nurses guard inmates with US prisons down 6K officers
Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to...
Sheriff: Army trainee who hijacked bus tried to escape
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina Army trainee charged with hijacking a school bus full of children is likely to face new charges after...
Riot, fighting at Guatemala prison leaves at least 6 dead
GUATEMALA CITY — Rioting and fighting among inmates at a prison in western Guatemala caused the deaths of at least six prisoners, police said...
Streaming series shows collision of music, history in 1971
NEW YORK — Chrissie Hynde wouldn't make her own mark in music until a few years later, but her memories of how 1971's daily...
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of...
DOJ: Alabama prisons remain deadly, homicides increasing
MONTGOMERY, Ala, — Alabama prisons remain deadly and dangerous two years after federal officials warned the state of unconstitutional conditions, the U.S. Department of...
Solicitor seeking expert opinions on SC jail death reports
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina prosecutor says she is pursuing outside opinions after reviewing official reports on the January jail death of a...
3 inmates killed in 1 week as feds sue Alabama over prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Three men died in apparent inmate-on-inmate assaults in less than one week in Alabama prisons, a spate of death that happened...
