Prisoner in Arizona serving 16 consecutive life sentences accused of killing three inmates
An Arizona prison inmate serving 16 life sentences for a 2004 standoff at a correction institution is suspected of killing ...
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New York to release some prison inmates early over shortage of guard staff
New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after ...
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Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate’s appeal over DNA evidence
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene over a Texas death row inmate's claim that his murder ...
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Four deputies hospitalized after attack by inmates at L.A. jail
Four sheriff’s deputies at Men’s Central Jail were attacked Sunday by a group of inmates armed with a shank, according ...
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Dominican Republic officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across ...
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Scotland frees hundreds of inmates as U.K. grapples with prison overcrowding crisis
LONDON — Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the ...
Read moreDetailsIllinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...
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Judge blocks transfers of 3 transgender inmates to men’s prison
WASHINGTON — A federal judge agreed Tuesday to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women to men’s ...
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