What happens to state prisoners in the path of a hurricane, especially those prisons and county jails near the coastline. As thousands flee Hurricane Florence, there are many who are not free to leave at all. As the Category 2 storm bears down on the East Coast, both North and South Ca...
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Ran the "pump and dump" fraud from federal prison in Miami Eddy Marin is best known for helping Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein hide more than $1 million worth of jewelry. Now a fugitive from justice after going on the lam before sentencing for his latest offense, h...
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By Dalvin Brown - USA Today A nationwide prison strike is in its third day, and while there’s no official count of the number of inmates who have acted thus far, solidarity rallies have popped up across the USin an attempt to pressure the nation’s criminal justice system.&#...
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An arrest has been made in the death of Mollie Tibbets, a 20-year-old who went missing more than a month ago in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the death the Universit...
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Despite fighting California's largest fires, inmates are denied licenses they need to become firefighters after they get out. Nick Sibilla, Opinion contributor - Aug. 20, 2018 As California struggles to contain the largest fire in state history, more than 2,000 inmates have ...
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For companies like JPay, the business model is simple: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their families will find a way to pay it. By Victoria Law - Wired Last July, as she has for the past 10 years, Dianne Jones spent 45 minutes on a city bus heading ...
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She played the system better than any of her TV roles. An aspiring actress was sentenced to weekends in jail for a check-cashing scheme — but repeatedly outwitted authorities by signing in for the bus to Rikers Island and simply never getting on, officials said. ...
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Barry Byron Mills died earlier this month in ADX Florence in Colorado Barry Byron Mills, the murderous leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, was found dead July 8 in his single-person cell inside the United States’ most secure federal prison, in Florence, Colorado.&#...
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JPay's System Compromised By Catalin Cimpanu - July 27, 2018 Idaho prison officials announced yesterday in a press release that they've identified 364 inmates who have exploited a vulnerability in their prison-issued tablets and have used it to assign nearly $225,000 worth ...