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Durango reaches agreement to house inmates in Archuleta County
DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – After a 30-year agreement with La Plata County was terminated, the City of Durango has reached a new agreement with a different county to house inmates. The previous ...
Daily Mail15d
One female prison officer sacked nearly every MONTH over flings with male inmates - prompting questions over whether they can be trusted in jails holding the opposite sex
The number of women prison officers fired for having 'inappropriate' relationships with male inmates has trebled in recent years. Figures show that 40 female wardens have been fired in the past ...
Yahoo15d
Ex-Inmates And People In Corrections Are Sharing The Things About Prison That Most People Don’t Know
They wear casual prison attire, surrounded by a gritty environment Since sharing that story, hundreds more ex-inmates and people who have worked in corrections shared their own experiences ...
The Hill16d
US inmate set to die by firing squad, which states allow this?
(NEXSTAR) – A South Carolina death row inmate is set to be executed on Friday, March 7. Instead of the more traditional lethal injection, the inmate—Brad Sigmon, 67—has chosen to die by ...
Berkshire Eagle17d
U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long
The last time an inmate was killed that way in the United States was in 2010, in Utah. That could be changing, and not only in South Carolina. What is happening in South Carolina? The state passed a ...
Yankton Press & Dakotan17d
Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law
The Black teen of Haitian descent has seen inmates with swastika tattoos and witnessed beatings, and he has had no in-person or virtual visits from his parents in the nearly six months he has been ...
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South Carolina Supreme Court rejects man’s final appeal, clearing way for firing squad execution
Sigmon would be the first inmate killed by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Lawyers for Sigmon said in court papers that he chose a violent death by firing squad because, without more ...
The Victoria Advocate21d
Man gets life without parole for stomping 76-year-old to death
As he awaited trial, Pharr was twice charged — in November 2022 and September 2023 — with battery for punching fellow inmates in separate cases. Court records show he has agreed to plead ...
KRON4 News24d
Parole denied for Burlingame serial killer’s accomplice
Inmate Michael Anthony Francis appeared with his attorney at a parole hearing held at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, Calif. Francis has served 39 years in state prison for first-degree ...
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Democrats denounce Trump’s gilded vision of Gaza: ‘Despicable’
House Democrats are lashing out at President Trump this week over his vision to turn the Gaza Strip into a luxury playground. The lawmakers said Trump, by promoting a fake video depicting post-war ...
The Straits Times25d
Peer support programme goes beyond prison walls to help ex-inmates stay on the right path
SINGAPORE – He had been on the inside as an inmate, sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking. But Mr Andrew Joseph Ng, who was released in 2023, said he could feel the ...