| Minnesota joins growing list of states counting inmates at home instead of prisons for redistricting 2024-05-24 [abcnews.com] Minnesota has joined a growing list of states that plan to count prisoners at their home addresses instead of at the prisons they’re located when drawing new political districts Details >
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| Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade 2024-05-22 [theregister.co.uk] $4.5M slushed through accounts from state healthcare and lonely people
Georgia resident Malachi Mullings received a decade-long sentence for laundering money scored in scams against healthcare providers, private companies, and individuals to the tune of $4.5 million. Details >
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| Police urged to consider making fewer arrests over prison space 2024-05-22 [bbci.co.uk] A letter has urged chief constables to think about pausing "non-priority arrests". Details >
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| California to examine medical staffing at state prisons and hospitals. Here 2024-05-21 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Prisoners and the Army donated most of the infected blood in Northern Ireland 2024-05-20 [bbci.co.uk] The Infected Blood Inquiry published its findings in London on Monday afternoon.
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| Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi 2024-05-18 [abcnews.com] A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for attacking the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer Details >
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| US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? 2024-05-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Hundreds attend Norfolk town meeting to voice concerns of migrants moving into former state prison 2024-05-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| California Democrats want Gavin Newsom to close more prisons over cutting child care, welfare 2024-05-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Court cases delayed after pressure on prison places 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] The measures are expected to be in place for about week in some regions in England where there is a lack of cells. Details >
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| As it happened: Sunak and Starmer clash on prisons at PMQs 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] The Labour leader seeks to turn the tables on the PM on the issue of security, quizzing him on prison overcrowding. Details >
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| Starmer and Sunak clash on security and prisoner releases at PMQs 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] The Labour leader seeks to turn the tables on the PM on the issue of security, quizzing him on prison overcrowding. Details >
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| Massive manhunt in France for prison-break gang that gunned down officers 2024-05-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Starmer pushes Sunak on prison overcrowding at PMQs 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] The Labour leader questions the PM about some prisoners being released 70 days early. Details >
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| Court delays imposed after pressure on prison places 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] The measures are expected to be in place for about week in some regions in England where there is a lack of cells. Details >
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| Who is escaped French prisoner Mohamed Amra? 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] Nicknamed "The Fly", he reportedly had links to the drugs trade and was freed when armed men attacked a prison van. Details >
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| Manhunt for escaped French prisoner enters second day 2024-05-15 [bbci.co.uk] Hundreds of police officers are deployed in the search for Mohamed Amra and his accomplices. Details >
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| Huge manhunt after French prison officers killed in ambush 2024-05-14 [bbci.co.uk] Armed men rammed a prison van at a tollbooth, opened fire on officers and fled with prisoner Mohamed Amra. Details >
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| Huge manhunt in France for prisoner after two officers killed in ambush 2024-05-14 [bbci.co.uk] The deadly ambush began when a car rammed into a police van, before gunmen attacked the officers. Details >
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| An attack on a prison van in France kills 2 officers. An inmate escapes 2024-05-14 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Manhunt launched in France after 2 prison guards are killed in inmate escape 2024-05-14 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Ministers accused of cover-up on prisoners freed early 2024-05-14 [bbci.co.uk] Labour points to cases where violent criminals have been released without a proper assessment of their risk. Details >
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| Prisoner escapes in France as two officers killed in van ambush 2024-05-14 [bbci.co.uk] Several hundred police officers are looking for the prisoner and his accomplices after the attack near Rouen. Details >
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| Huge manhunt in France after two prison officers killed in van attack 2024-05-14 [bbci.co.uk] The French justice minister confirms two officers were killed, with three seriously injured. Details >
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| Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison 2024-05-14 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Steve Bannon may soon head to prison after appeal fails 2024-05-11 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Prisoners could be released up to 70 days early 2024-05-08 [bbci.co.uk] A scheme aimed at tackling overcrowding in jails in England and Wales is being extended. Details >
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| Trump celebrates Billboard success of J6 Prison Choir recording at donor retreat 2024-05-05 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Feds accuse Texas prison agency of discriminating against employee for wearing a headscarf 2024-05-04 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Palestinian doctor dies in Israeli prison 2024-05-03 [bbci.co.uk] Israeli authorities said they were investigating the death of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Adnan Al-Bursh. Details >
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| Montana man gets 2 1/2 years in prison for leaving threatening voicemails for Senator Jon Tester 2024-05-01 [abcnews.com] A Montana man who pleaded guilty to leaving voicemail messages threatening to kill Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and his family was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Details >
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| Georgia governor signs law requiring jailers to check immigration status of prisoners 2024-05-01 [abcnews.com] Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law Details >
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| More than 100 inmates break free from an old Nigerian prison after heavy rains 2024-04-25 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| More than 100 inmates break free from a Nigerian prison after heavy rains 2024-04-25 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Turns out teaching criminals to write web code keeps them out of prison 2024-04-25 [theregister.co.uk] The software redemption
Teaching prisoners how to design and program websites turns out to improve their sense of self-worth and provides them with digital literacy skills that help them stay out of prison. Details >
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| Suleja prison: 108 inmates on the run in Nigeria 2024-04-25 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| KPMG hires former prisoners amid battle to reduce crime 2024-04-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| North Carolina man sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police with pole at Capitol 2024-04-24 [abcnews.com] A North Carolina man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to six years in prison Details >
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| Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia 2024-04-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia 2024-04-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia 2024-04-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave 2024-04-17 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Rust film armourer sentenced to 18 months in prison 2024-04-16 [feeds.bbci.co.uk] A judge sentenced Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to prison after the 2021 on-set shooting. Details >
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| Rust film armourer who loaded gun for Alec Baldwin given 18-month prison term 2024-04-15 [bbci.co.uk] A judge sentenced Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to prison after the 2021 on-set shooting. Details >
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| Sam Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud convictions and 25-year prison sentence 2024-04-11 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Comoros jailbreak: Dozens of prisoners walk out of prison 2024-04-11 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Parents of Michigan school gunman sentenced to prison 2024-04-09 [bbci.co.uk] The parents of Ethan Crumbley, a Michigan school shooter, were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison. Details >
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| Lawyer for ex-Ecuador VP demands access to him in prison 2024-04-08 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Prison-Phone Firm ViaPath in Talks to Refinance $1.4 Billion of Debt 2024-04-06 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Inmates at New York prison will get to watch eclipse after all 2024-04-05 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Billionaire Joe Lewis fined $5m for insider trading but avoids prison 2024-04-04 [bbci.co.uk] The 87-year-old - whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur - gave secret stock tips to his girlfriend and employees. Details >
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| Billionaire Joe Lewis fined $5m but avoids prison 2024-04-04 [bbc.co.uk] The 87-year-old - whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur - gave secret stock tips to his girlfriend and employees. Details >
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| Drones deliver drugs, food to French prison cells 2024-04-04 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Belarus arrests well-known activist on charges punishable by up to 4 years in prison, group says 2024-04-02 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down 2024-04-02 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Gypsy Rose Blanchard Splits From Husband 3 Months After Her Release From Prison 2024-03-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| FTX crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison 2024-03-28 [theregister.co.uk] Could have been worse: Prosecutors wanted decades more
Fallen crypto-king Sam Bankman-Fried has been jailed for 25 years after New York federal judge Lewis Kaplan expressed disbelief at almost every argument from his legal team. Details >
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| Three arrests after multiple prison inmate deaths 2024-03-27 [bbci.co.uk] Three people have been arrested following the deaths of multiple inmates at a prison in Bridgend. Details >
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| Ohio man gets 2.5 years in prison for death threats made in 2022 to Arizona 2024-03-26 [abcnews.com] An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Details >
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| Israel agrees to prisoner-hostage exchange and is awaiting Hamas 2024-03-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Senegal election dominated by freed prisoner Faye and heir apparent Ba 2024-03-22 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Peter Navarro, adviser to former President Donald Trump, surrenders at federal prison 2024-03-19 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Fallen Tech Star Lynch in Fight to Avoid US Prison for Fraud 2024-03-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Putin says he supported an idea to release Navalny from prison in an exchange 2024-03-17 [abcnews.com] President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he was informed of an idea to release his fiercest political foe, Alexei Navalny, from prison, days before the opposition leader’s death Details >
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| San Quentin begins prison reform - but not for those on death row 2024-03-17 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| As notorious death row closes, inmates fear what awaits in new prisons 2024-03-17 [bbci.co.uk] The prison is being remade into a rehabilitation centre that will not include people sentenced to death. Details >
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| Peter Navarro files emergency appeal to Supreme Court to hold off prison sentence 2024-03-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces plan to tear down, replace historic Stateville prison 2024-03-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Senegal releases opposition leader Sonko, presidential candidate Faye from prison, state TV says 2024-03-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office 2024-03-14 [abcnews.com] A Massachusetts man has been sentenced three years and six months in federal prison for making an online threat to bomb then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ election office Details >
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| Prisoners could be released up to two months early 2024-03-12 [bbci.co.uk] Previously "less serious offenders" could be freed up to 18 days early but this is now up to 60 days. Details >
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| Prisoners could be released up to two months early to ease overcrowding 2024-03-12 [bbci.co.uk] Previously "less serious offenders" could be freed up to 18 days early but this is now up to 60 days. Details >
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| Prison Operator CoreCivic Looks to Raise $450 Million in Junk Bond Market 2024-03-06 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| A Kosovo court sentences a man to prison for planning an attack on LGBTQ+ marchers 2024-03-05 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Girl held and stripped twice by male prison staff 2024-03-05 [bbci.co.uk] Inspectors were "deeply shocked" by the treatment of a girl at Wetherby Young Offender Institution. Details >
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| Girl restrained and stripped by male prison staff 2024-03-05 [bbci.co.uk] Inspectors were "deeply shocked" by the treatment of a girl at Wetherby Young Offender Institution. Details >
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| Teen girl restrained and stripped by prison staff 2024-03-05 [bbci.co.uk] Inspectors were "deeply shocked" by the treatment of a girl at Wetherby Young Offender Institution. Details >
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| Trans prisoner Tiffany Scott dies in jail 2024-03-01 [bbci.co.uk] The 32-year-old, previously known as Andrew Burns, was the subject of a lifelong restriction order. Details >
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| Wife killer ex-pilot loses prison release bid 2024-02-28 [bbci.co.uk] Former British Airways captain Robert Brown killed his wife Joanna Simpson with a hammer in 2010. Details >
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| Wife killer loses bid for release from prison 2024-02-28 [bbci.co.uk] Former British Airways captain Robert Brown killed his wife Joanna Simpson with a hammer in 2010. Details >
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| A Russian court sentences the co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group to 30 months in prison 2024-02-27 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Gavin Newsom could save $1 billion by closing 5 California prisons, legislative analyst says 2024-02-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Navalny was about to be freed in prisoner swap, says colleague 2024-02-26 [bbci.co.uk] Maria Pevchikh claims the Russian opposition leader was set to be exchanged for a hitman when he died. Details >
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| Navalny was to be freed in prisoner swap before death - ally 2024-02-26 [bbci.co.uk] Maria Pevchikh said the Russian opposition leader was going to be exchanged for a hitman when he died. Details >
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| UK sanctions Russian prison chiefs after Navalny death 2024-02-21 [bbci.co.uk] The UK freezes the assets of six prison bosses after the death of activist Alexei Navalny in a penal colony. Details >
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| Putin cynically claims Russia "always treated prisoners of war with dignity" 2024-02-20 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Russia accused of executing prisoners of war in Avdiivka 2024-02-20 [bbci.co.uk] The BBC speaks to relatives after video shows bodies of soldiers who are believed to have surrendered. Details >
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| Avdiivka: Russia accused of executing prisoners of war after Ukraine withdraws 2024-02-20 [bbci.co.uk] The BBC speaks to relatives after video shows bodies of soldiers who are believed to have surrendered. Details >
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| Editorial: Killing a prisoner of conscience: Navalny versus Putin and his sycophants 2024-02-19 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Ukraine investigates executions of prisoners of war in Avdiivka and Vesele by Russians 2024-02-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Relatives of prisoners of war hold rally on Maidan Nezalezhnosti square in Kyiv 2024-02-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, prison service says 2024-02-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Navalny dies in Russian prison at age 47, officials say 2024-02-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says 2024-02-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Jailed Russian Opposition Politician and Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Has Died, Says Prison Service 2024-02-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| DOJ probe finds nearly 200 federal prison suicides preventable 2024-02-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| 2 inmates escape from a maximum security prison in Brazil, a first for the South American country 2024-02-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Anders Breivik: Mass murderer loses lawsuit over prison isolation 2024-02-15 [bbci.co.uk] Anders Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot dead 69 at a youth camp in 2011. Details >
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| Inmates at Mississippi prison were exposed to dangerous chemicals, denied health care, lawsuit says 2024-02-14 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Texas woman is sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening judge overseeing Trump documents case 2024-02-11 [abcnews.com] A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to threatening a federal judge in Florida who is overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents was sentenced Details >
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