Shelby County Detention Center Prisoner beaten in Kentucky jail because he'd dated a guard's wife is awarded $2.1 million July 12, 2021 By Andrew Wolfson - Louisville Courier-Journal LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man who was thrown in jail in Shelby C...
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A prison inmate makes one of her daily allotment of six phone calls at the York Community Reintegration Center in Niantic, Connecticut. By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Tue June 22, 2021 A bill in Connecticut makes calls from prison free for the inmates and t...
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A previous prosecutor had decided not to charge the legendary comic, and he relied on that move to speak freely and give incriminating statements. June 30, 2021 By David K. Li - NBC News The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the sexual assault conviction of Bi...
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Joel Caston won the race for advisory neighborhood commissioner of a district where he'll oversee the Harriet Tubman Women's Shelter and D.C. Jail — where he is an inmate. Joel Caston, winner of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 7F07 election seat that represents D.C. Ja...
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Inmates won't get sentence reduction under the First Step Act By Lawrence Hurley Mon, June 14, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that potentially hundreds of low-level crack cocaine offenders cannot benefit under a 2018 federal law ...
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"Dropping the soap will not get you rampantly taken from behind." by Stephen LaConte - BuzzFeed People who have been incarcerated are sharing what movies get wrong about prisons and jails — and it's a fascinating perspective that you don't often get to hear. &...
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June 8, 2021 By Kristina Sgueglia and Kelly McCleary, CNN The New York City Board of Correction voted unanimously Tuesday to end solitary confinement in city jails, according to a statement from Mayor Bill de Blasio's office. The vote by the independent oversight ...
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May 20, 2021 By Margaret Harding McGill - Axios Media Incarcerated people and their families pay high rates to talk by phone in part because the deals phone companies cut with prisons and jails drive the prices up — and the Federal Communications Commission is looking to low...
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But it still has little authority to regulate in-state calls May 20, 2021 By Makena Kelly The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to lower some of the rates incarcerated people and their families pay to speak over the phone. For jurisdicti...