Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...
Inmate-trained wild horses up for adoption at NNCC event in Carson City
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections (NNCC) – Silver State Industries have announced ...
Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, ...
The ‘gold standard’ of drug treatment saves lives. California is pushing for more access in jails
These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...
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These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United ...
Women sue prison gynecologist over ‘horrific, sadistic’ exams, sexual abuse in California
Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...
Man charged with killing Connecticut woman in 1981 murders dies after California prison attacks
Tony Garcia, charged in 2023 in the 1981 murders of former East Hartford resident Lisa Gondek and another woman in California ...
S.F.’s struggling jail is filling up amid staffing shortage. What does that mean for conditions?
Last May, deteriorating conditions and frequent lockdowns in San Francisco jails prompted a tense public hearing in front of ...
Two Prison Inmates Convicted Of First-Degree Murder
Two Salinas Valley prison inmates have been convicted of first-degree murder after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate, the office of Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced on ...
Sacramento inmate at Pelican Bay one of three charged in stabbing attack on prison guard
A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a ...
The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...