Tag: Prisons
Inmates sue over county’s handling of COVID-19
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than a dozen current and former inmates have sued Multnomah County over its handling of COVID-19.
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Inmate charged in Iowa prison deaths had threatened before
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An inmate charged with beating two Iowa prison employees to death with a hammer had threatened to assault staff at...
Feds charge 3 more in massive California unemployment fraud
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors said Friday that they have charged three Southern California women with using prison inmates' names to bilk a state...
Russia: Navalny supporters denied prison visit and detained
MOSCOW — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained Tuesday outside a penal colony east of Moscow where the Kremlin critic is...
Union leader blames underfunding for Iowa prison killings
DES MOINES, Iowa — The leader of the union representing Iowa prison workers on Tuesday blamed Republican state political leaders and Iowa Department of...
Inmates stage uprising at St. Louis jail
ST. LOUIS — Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw debris to the ground late Sunday at a St. Louis jail that has...
Video shows Oklahoma jailer being brutalized by inmates
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Police Department released a video Friday showing inmates drag, beat and stab a jailer before police shot and...
Lawsuits: SC officials ignored risks ahead of prison riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A slew of new lawsuits accuse South Carolina prisons officials of negligence and constitutional rights violations in a 2018 riot in...
Police car Dillinger stole in jailbreak returning to Indiana
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A police car that notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger stole after his daring escape from a northwest Indiana jail will...
Nurse, officer dead after inmate attack at Iowa prison
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A nurse and a correctional officer at a high-security prison in eastern Iowa died Tuesday after an inmate attacked multiple...
