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3 days ago · Human Rights activist and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News Paul Wright discusses the prevalence of solitary confinement and other forms of torture in the US, what it means to ban the practice in New York City, how solitary confinement policies are being rolled back or hidden in plain sight in US prisons, the novel lengths Alabama ...
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death …
Nov 15, 2023 · Signed by 14 people incarcerated in one of the highest-security federal prisons in the country, the letter was an urgent warning for prison officials: Several corrections officers were trying...
How Federal Prisons Are Getting Worse - The Marshall Project
Mar 2, 2024 · Government watchdog agencies found hundreds of preventable deaths and excessive use of solitary confinement. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters testifies as Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz listens during a U.S. Senate hearing about deaths in federal prisons, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Inside the Bureau of Prisons, a federal agency plagued by ... - CBS News
Jun 16, 2024 · The United States federal prison system has 158,000 inmates in its custody and locks up some of the most dangerous and high-profile criminals in the world. Serial killers and terrorists are among...
Federal prisons remain locked down from coast to coast after …
Feb 1, 2022 · A nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system remained in effect Tuesday after two inmates were killed Monday during a gang fight at a penitentiary in Texas, officials said. Multiple inmates...
At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador’s largest prison
2 days ago · Updated 7:35 PM PST, November 12, 2024. QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, in the bloodiest prison episode faced by President Daniel Noboa’s government. Authorities attributed the outbreak to internal tensions among inmates, but ...
Justice Dept. Investigating Tennessee Prison Over Reports of …
Aug 20, 2024 · Tennessee Prison Is Under Federal Investigation After Reports of Abuse. State audits of the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, outside Nashville, have suggested that understaffing and high ...
US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at ...
Aug 20, 2024 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Tennessee’s largest prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday about the privately operated facility.
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of ... - Associated Press News
Jul 25, 2024 · President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption and abuse in the prison system.
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison for ...
1 day ago · By Mirna Alsharif and Dennis Romero. Former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years for stealing classified information from the Defense Department ...