More than 1,000 detainees and staff at the San Quentin State Prison have tested positive for Covid-19, corrections officials say. At least three death row inmates at California's San Quentin State Prison had coronavirus and died, corrections officials says. Scott...
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Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested on charges that she helped Jeffrey Epstein recruit underage girls for sexual abuse. The two are seen here in 2005. July 2, 2020 The FBI has arrested British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on multiple charges related to the serial ...
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June 1, 2020 The Federal Bureau of Prisons on Monday announced it locked down all 122 facilities it oversees nationwide due to ongoing civil unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd. The temporary security measure that went into effect in the afternoon was ...
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There have been COVID-19 cases involving inmates at the prison, but a cause of the disturbance at Lansing Correctional Facility was not clear. April 10, 2020 By Phil Helsel - NBC News A group of inmates at a Kansas prison took over a cell block and beg...
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Inmates in a cell at California State Prison, Sacramento, near Folsom, CA. One inmate and five employees in the state's massive prison system have tested positive for coronavirus, leading to pressure on corrections officials to begin releasing some of California's 123,000 convic...
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AFTER AMENDMENT 4 WAS PASSED, FLORIDA'S GOP-CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE PUSHED THROUGH A BILL CLASSIFYING FINES AND FEES AS PART OF A SENTENCE. BY BREANNA EDWARDS · APRIL 8, 2020 A federal judge on Tuesday essentially reiterated that “he said what he said,” emphasizing that a pre...
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The Maricopa County Estrella Jail location is shown on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Phoenix. Due to the coronavirus, some Arizona sheriffs are calling for the release of certain offenders from jail and urging police agencies to issue citations rather than arrest people, including fift...
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Wallace Pack Unit in Navasota, TX. March 31, 2020 By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington - Prisoners are running out of soap and cleaning solution, then wiping their hands on their uniforms because paper towels aren't available. Detainees are ...
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March 31, 2020 By David Shortell, CNN The US federal prison system will move to a heightened state of lockdown as it fights the spread of coronavirus behind bars, the Bureau of Prisons announced. Beginning Wednesday, inmates will be confined to their cells for a...