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Hundreds 'stuck' on Rikers Island due to state prison dysfunction, officials said
An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...
After-school counselor who had sex with teen avoids prison but not sex-offender label
Despite pushback from her parents, the man's teenage victim asked a judge to spare him from prison: 'Mr. Scionti is by no ...
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Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...
Gwinnett inmate gets life sentence for role in two fatal jail fentanyl overdoses
Harry Fomby, 54, was accused of smuggling deadly drugs into Gwinnett County Jail, leading to two fatal overdoses.
NYS correction officers’ strike holds up transfers to prison on Rikers as jail population grows
The fallout from the 22-day strike by state correction officers which ended Monday has put more than 300 people awaiting ...
Police say Adamsburg man made calls from prison in attempt intimidate witness
An Adamsburg man accused of involvement in a drive-by shooting this month was charged Friday on state police accusations that ...