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‘I’ll never leave your side’: his father’s letters helped him endure 19 years in prison

Shaka Senghor, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, in 2016. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian January 3, 2021 By Lolly Bowean - The Guardian As Shaka Senghor was serving 19 years in prison for murder, a letter from his father gave him the strength to endure and...

'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski transferred to federal medical facility

Kaczynski, 79, was moved to FMC Butner medical center in North Carolina December 23, 2021 The man known as the "Unabomber" has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in...

Pooh Shiesty recently accepted a plea deal and is currently awaiting sentencing at FDC Miami

Click here to write Pooh (ID 52490-509) at the FDC Miami Pooh Sheisty's Instagram post from December 2, 2021... He wants YOU to write him Pooh Shiesty (AKA Lontrell Williams) has been sitting in prison for almost half a year now, and since then, the 1017 rapper has been...

Idaho inmates find opportunities in agriculture: 'life takes you on different roads'

by Kristen McPeek December 6th, 2021 BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Nonviolent offenders who are incarcerated in Idaho’s prison system have the opportunity to work in agriculture while serving a sentence. Christopher Henry, an Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) Resident Trainee...