National Guard sent in to ‘secure' New York prisons where staff is on strike
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order activating guard members at prisons across the state where workers walked out for ...
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Hartford Police Not At Fault In Inmate's Death, Report Says: 'This Is A Sad Case'
A Hartford woman who told officers she had recently used fentanyl was found dead inside a city jail cell, a state ...
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Prison Boss Elevated by Hochul Was Accused of Rape by 2 Former Inmates
The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards. By Jan Ransom After ...
Former Bridgeport cop sentenced to 8 months in prison for sexual assault
Fired Bridgeport cop Steven Figueroa was sentenced to 8 months in prison Wednesday after having pleaded guilty to sexually ...
New York Post4d
California woman with heroin-filled Bibles for prison inmates sentenced to 7 years
A California woman was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison after she was arrested on a weapons charge and found with heroin-filled Bibles addressed to inmates in state prisons. Lucresia ...
Staten Island Advance5d
NY prison inmate’s death will lead to charges for 9 jail employees, source says
The Brooks family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last month in federal court claiming state officials oversee a “dangerously broken” prison system that brutalizes inmates. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
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Colorado prisons sticking to state court decree in dealing with transgender inmates
A temporary “integration unit” at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, the state’s largest prison for female inmates at all custody levels, enables transgender women to acclimate and ...
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South Dakota state prison project draws strong views, harsh criticism
The Department of Corrections, which operates eight state facilities with about 3,800 inmates, was short on staffing and credibility. It was also running out of prison space, according to a ...
Freed from prison after 30 years, Hartford man meets a new world
Eriberto DeLeon Jr. spent 30 years behind bars for his role in a burglary that left a Glastonbury man dead. Now he's ...
Observer-Reporter6d
State plans to close Waynesburg inmate reentry center
The Progress Community Corrections Center (CCC) in Waynesburg, a facility designed to assist inmates with their reentry into society, is among four state facilities being slated for closure. A state ...
USA Today5d
How body cameras turned a secret, deadly assault into a reckoning at New York prisons
following a state prison guard as he jogs toward a scrum of fellow officers grappling with an inmate along a fence line ringed with barbed wire. It’s after 9 p.m. on a cold and rainy December ...
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At least 9 NY state prison employees to be charged in death of inmate Robert Brooks, source says
SYRACUSE — At least nine prison employees will be charged next week in sealed indictments issued by a grand jury in the death of inmate Robert Brooks, according to a source familiar with the case.