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Colorado inmates begin broadcasting over America’s first statewide prison radio station

The 24-hour station is recorded and produced by inmates inside Limon, Sterling and Denver prisons Limon Correctional Facility inmate Darrius Turner, 32, pictured on March 1, 2022, has been in prison since age 19 for second-degree murder and now works at the first statewide...

Frequent Prison Lockdowns Backfire. I Know From Experience.

Part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Florida. | Reinhold Matay/AP Photo By ROBERT BARTON 02/10/2022 Robert Barton is a D.C. resident serving a sentence of 30 years to life, currently at the U.S. penitentiary in Coleman, Florida, which is in lockdown. He...

BREAKING NEWS - Thousands of federal inmates to be released under 2018 law

January 13, 2022 By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three...

Ex-inmate admits role in drone-smuggling scheme at N.J. federal prison

Jan. 11, 2022 By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com A former inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey admitted Monday he was part of a group that used drones to smuggle phones, tobacco and other items inside the minimum-security facility. Johansel Moronta, 29, of...