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A new report released by the ACLU of Alabama estimates that 141 of the 876 bills introduced during the session (16 percent) could potentially increase the number of inmates in Alabama prisons,... Read more »
A U.S. jury has convicted a Puerto Rican man of leading a multi-year scheme in which cocaine was transported to the U.S. from Puerto Rico inside custom-built furniture, Vanessa Arredondo reports for... Read more »
The second of two teenagers who pleaded guilty to the 2021 murder of their Spanish teacher at the Fairfield High School in Iowa was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, Andy Rose... Read more »
A Washington, D.C. resident was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, for an assault on a member of Congress and two counts of assault... Read more »
A lawsuit filed against the Alabama department of corrections alleges that a guard encouraged prisoners to murder an activist who was a lead organizer in the 2022 Alabama prison strikes and is... Read more »
A Justice Department watchdog report reveals that the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee in Florida is operating far below acceptable standards in caring for and housing its prison population, which includes both men... Read more »
Nestor Hernandez, the 31-year-old man who shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees while he was visiting the facility for the birth of his child last year, was found guilty Thursday of... Read more »
A former Michigan Department of Corrections prison officer is suing the department, alleging that a supervisor wouldn’t leave her alone after she ended a brief romantic relationship and claiming sexual harassment, Paul... Read more »
A class action lawsuit involving nearly a dozen named prisoners at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin alleges that prison officials have not adequately provided proper health care to prisoners amid an ongoing... Read more »