Tag: Prisons
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
CHICAGO — On federal death row, prisoners fling notes on a string under each other’s cell doors and converse through interconnected air ducts. A...
Indiana inmates make crosses for virus victims’ memorial
BRANCHVILLE, Ind. — Inmates at a southern Indiana prison have donated 40 crosses for use at a memorial to people who died last year...
Lawsuit: NJ prison guards kicked, punched transgender woman
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey prison guards punched and kicked a transgender woman during an attack on inmates in January and struck her so...
Ex-politician in prison in adoption scam gets 5 more years
PHOENIX — A former Phoenix politician already in prison on a six-year sentence for operating an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall...
US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks
A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered?”
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‘Dating scammer’ faces more time after escape, capture
CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey man who has twice served prison terms for using dating services to defraud women is facing more time...
Rights group: Jordan’s debt prisons violate human rights law
AMMAN, Jordan — Samer Qraih had a good job working at a bank in Amman, Jordan, and decided to start his own business importing...
Mexico’s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said ferries and cruise ships may soon be visiting the former Isla Marias prison, after the last island penal...
Man charged in Capitol riot plot to be released from jail
A man charged with conspiring with members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group in the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released...
Could solitary confinement on Rikers Island be laid to rest?
NEW YORK — Even with Rikers Island under renewed scrutiny for prisoner neglect and abuses, a transgender prisoner named Layleen Polanco died there in...
