A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · Signed by 14 people incarcerated in one of the highest-security federal prisons in the country, the letter was an urgent warning for prison officials: Several corrections officers were trying...
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WEB5 days ago · by Matt Clarke. When detainee Reynaldo Ramos, 55, was found unresponsive in his Robert Pressley Detention Center cell in California’s Riverside County on April 16, 2024, efforts to resuscitate him failed, and he was pronounced dead. He had been arrested on drug trafficking charges 10 days earlier.
Federal prisons remain locked down from coast to coast after …
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · The nationwide lockdown affecting 122 prisons continued Tuesday after two inmates involved in a clash at the U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont died in Monday's violence, officials say.
Two inmates killed in fight at Oklahoma prison, more than 30 …
WEBMay 12, 2024 · Two inmates were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a massive brawl at an Oklahoma prison, leading to a lockdown, a pause in visitations and renewed calls for reforms aimed at curbing...
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of ... - Associated Press News
WEBPresident Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption and abuse in the prison system.
Inside the Bureau of Prisons, a federal agency plagued by ... - CBS News
WEBJun 16, 2024 · The United States federal prison system has 158,000 inmates in its custody and locks up some of the most dangerous and high-profile criminals in the world. Serial killers and terrorists are among...
Thousands of federal inmates become eligible for sentence …
WEBFeb 1 (Reuters) - Thousands of federal inmates, who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, became eligible on Thursday for reduced sentences, and in many cases immediate release from prison...
Live updates: Escaped Pennsylvania prisoner Danilo Cavalcante in ...
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Captured escapee Danilo Cavalcante is now in the Pennsylvania state prison — State Correctional Institution Phoenix — where he will serve his mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder,...
Ecuador prison director shot dead as she drove with coworker ... - CBS News
WEB5 days ago · Ecuador's president says country is at war with drug gangs 03:15. The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two weeks in ...
Incarcerated and Infected: How the Virus Tore Through the U.S. Prison …
WEBApr 10, 2021 · America’s prisons, jails and detention centers have been among the nation’s most dangerous places when it comes to infections from the coronavirus. Over the past year, more than 1,400 new inmate...