Inmate executed for 2006 murder of 10-year-old girl
After over 15 years on death row, Kevin Underwood was officially executed Thursday morning, on his birthday, for the murder of Jamie Rose Bolin in 2006.
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 in largest single-day act of clemency
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home ...
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The US government is closing a women’s prison and other facilities after years of abuse and decay
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau ... minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. Staff and inmates are being moved to other ...
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The US government is closing a women's prison and other facilities after years of abuse and decay
The Morgantown camp is closing and about 400 inmates and 150 employees will be relocated to “maximize existing resources” at the federal prison complex in Hazelton, West Virginia, about 23 ...
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Czech prison inmates train assistance dogs: ‘you always want to be with a dog’
Serving their last year in prison, David Hejny and Marek Kolar have their work cut out as they train puppies Zeus and Zirkon to be assistance dogs for the visually impaired. The training is part ...
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700 inmates still at large after Bangladesh revolution jailbreaks
Following a student-led revolution in Bangladesh that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, approximately 700 prison inmates remain at large after mass jailbreaks. Over 2,000 escaped initially ...
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Prison population could reach over 100,000 inmates in just three years, government says
New forecasts from the Ministry of Justice show that, assuming there is a high demand for prison spaces in the next three years, there will be 100,000 inmates by September 2027. MoJ figures show ...
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After Biden Pardons His Son, Prison Inmates Hope They’re Next
saving him from potentially spending a few years in federal prison. But Michael Montalvo, 78, a former cocaine ringleader who has spent nearly 40 years behind bars racking up course certifications ...
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Justice Department announces sweeping reforms to curb suicides in federal prisons and jails
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and ... health assessments for inmates, and adopt data ...