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By Schyler Perkins Several prison cell fires and staff assaults this week at the Marquette Branch Prison have been reported by the Michigan Department of Corrections. The Marquette Branch Prison…
In a rare instance of good common sense, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill that prohibits the mingling of opposite genders in state prisons. House Bill 3022 makes…
From Courthouse News Service By Alan Riquelmy The state of California faces some $94 million in sanctions after a federal judge on Friday found it had failed to meet court-ordered…
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey awarded $149,658 to the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to take action about the rapid increase of illegally imported cell phones in prisons and jails all…
By: Don Thompson CDCR could face more than $40 million in fines after it failed to improve suicide prevention measures in state prisons despite a federal judge’s warning that she…
From the Los Angeles Times By Matthew Ormseth A criminal defense attorney was charged in a federal indictment unsealed last week with conspiring to murder a member of the Mexican…
An inmate from the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center escaped custody behind a West Bank hospital and made off in a patrol car after pepper spraying a deputy Sunday evening. Jefferson…
The prison rodeo may be returning to McAlester Oklahoma. A Senate panel passes a bill that would provide $8.3 million to restart the rodeo. According to a bill summary, the…
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