A new program, called Brave Behind Bars, brings computer science education to the D.C. jail. Students from Brave Behind Bars, an introductory computer science program for incarcerated people, gather for a portrait after a graduation ceremony at the D.C. jail. (Carolyn Van H...
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The Florida State Prison correctional institution, also known as Raiford Prison, located in Raiford, FL. By Fred Grimm - South Florida Sun Sentinel Sep 10, 2022 If jurors reject the death penalty for Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz, don’t call their deci...
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By Janie McCauley September 10, 2022 INSIDE SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON, Calif. (AP) — Stefan Schneider needed a nickname, or a handle as they call it in prison. So the inmates quickly began brainstorming for the college tennis player making his first visit to San Qu...
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Faces a mandatory minimum of 5 years in federal prison Fetty Wap, pictured at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal drug charge. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty Monday to a federal drug charge carrying ...
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Danbury Connecticut Federal Correctional Institute August 22, 2022 By Carrie Johnson - NPR Eric Alvarez remembered what it felt like to hear his fiancé was coming home from prison: overwhelming relief. Alvarez has heart trouble and he's stru...
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By Matt Young August 17, 2022 Tennessee Department of Correction A woman who shared a kiss with a prisoner during a visitation in Tennessee has been charged with murder after the inmate died shortly after their exchange. &#...
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Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Coleman, Florida July 28, 2022 By Erik Ortiz - NBC News Chronic staffing shortages in federal prisons and a lack of training have impeded implementation of a Trump-era law designed to give nonviolent...
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The Utah DOC took five days, assisted by a dozen other agencies, to transfer 2,464 inmates by bus, car, and van. The Law enforcement officials from around the state help move prisoners from the Utah State Prison at Point of the Mountain in Draper to the new Utah State Cor...
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By Sonia Moghe and Dakin Andone, CNN June 29, 2022 New York - Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, following his conviction last year on federa...