Facility deemed unlivable after Friday’s riot As many as 2,800 inmates to be moved from Texas prisonLaw enforcement officials from a wide variety of agencies converge on the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 in response to a prisoner uprising at th...
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Jail inmates sold scraps of drug-laced postcards for $10 a hitFebruary 16, 2015When the mail arrived at the Broward County jail, it looked like someone was putting in a lot of care and effort drawing cartoon characters and tattoo designs for a very special inmate.There was more to those artistic ...
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Alex Rodriguez’s steroid supplier, sentenced to federal prisonAnthony Bosch arrived at federal court in Miami on Tuesday.CreditAlan Diaz/Associated PressFebruary 17, 2015MIAMI - Anthony Bosch, the former owner of the South Florida clinic that supplied performance-enhancing substances to Major Lea...
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November 6, 2015by Hayley MunguiaThe California Legislative Analyst’s Office put together a report in July estimating the impact the proposition would have on the state’s prison population and incarceration costs, which the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice then expounded upon with addition...
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Man convicted in multimillion-dollar fraud involving Miami Heat ex-playersJanuary 16, 2015COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge handed down a six-year prison sentence Thursday to a man who portrayed himself as a member of a wealthy Pakistani family while running a multimillion-dollar investment sca...
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Eight Prisoners & Two Officers Are DeadOdessa Medical Center, the Hospital where the Victims Are Being Treated Is on LockdownPENWELL, Texas (AP) - At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an emban...
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AP - January 9, 2015A convicted pedophile’s complaint about Nevada prison food has the state Supreme Court ordering an accounting of what’s in unnamed sack lunches and “chef’s choice” dinners given to inmates, and whether the meals are healthful. A strongly worded ruling by a three-judge panel d...
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Joseph "Skinny Joey"Merlino, reputed ex-mob boss arrives at federal court in Philadelphia on Friday morning Oct 24, 2014 for hearing which ruled he will be taking a "Miami prison vacation" for four months beginning today, January 5, 2015January 5, 2014 Starting today, Real Ho...
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Razor wire surrounds the perimeter of the California State Prison Sacramento on Wednesday March 05, 2014, in Represa, Calif. Sacramento is one of four prisons in the state that have Security Housing Units. Critics argue that the SHU's are solitary confinement and tortureBy Gina L. Clayton - Janua...