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CA corrections officials halt prison visits on spike in inmate, staff attacks
Two inmates have been killed and a correctional officer attacked since the beginning of June, say CDCR officials ...
Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.
California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, ...
US veterans are more likely to end up in prison than civilians. These horses might help them
A new programme using a form of horse therapy is attempting to tackle the trauma that is thought to lie behind the high rates ...
R. Kelly asks court for a prison break, alleging officials want a racist gang to execute him
R. Kelly's attorneys file an emergency motion seeking home detention, alleging that prison officials are scheming with racist ...
Ex-San Quentin officer pleads guilty to planting prison contraband
SAN FRANCISCO – A former state correctional officer pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of wire fraud in connection with a ...
'Floodgates' opened on prison drones
A former prison officer at a high-security jail where a member of staff was recently stabbed by an inmate, has said the ...
Massachusetts lawyer sentenced for smuggling synthetic marijuana into prison
The lawyer used her attorney status to smuggle the drug to an inmate with whom she had a personal relationship.
Man gets 30 years in prison for brutal assault of UW-Madison student
A Madison student was attacked in September 2023 in what prosecutors described as one of the most brutal assaults in recent ...
Woman fatally hit cyclist, then drove off, CO officials say. She gets prison
A woman accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run is heading to prison, Colorado officials said. Ana Caren Romero, 25, ...