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 ...
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Illinois 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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