Private prison firms prepare to reopen closed facilities to hold immigrants
A contract to reopen a privately-owned Newark detention center may be the first in a wave of reopenings of shuttered ...
Agreement reached to end New York prison strike, Gov. Hochul says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says a tentative agreement has been reached to end the prison guard strike at state correctional ...
States that impose severe prison sentences accomplish the opposite of what they say they want
Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways ...
Inmate death reported as illegal prison guard strike stretches into 2nd week
A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to ...
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Georgia inmate who used cell phone for child exploitation sentenced to over 19 years in federal prison
Law enforcement officials alerted prison officials in Georgia of Gilbert’s action and investigation revealed Gilbert’s possession of a cell phone with evidence of the crimes.Gilbert pleaded ...
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NY orders prison guards back to work as Gov. Hochul considers out-of-state transfers
New York state troopers are serving court notices ordering corrections officers to end their unauthorized strike as the state ...
How Gov. Hochul is bungling New York’s prison crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t address striking corrections officers’ key gripe: the state’s 2021 HALT Act, which restricts ...
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Inmate found dead in cell at Auburn prison
Auburn, N.Y. — An inmate was found dead in his cell Saturday at the Auburn Correctional ... Grant, originally of Brooklyn, entered the prison system in 2011 and had been serving a sentence ...
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Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother’s grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones
HONOLULU (AP) — One of the first places Gordon Cordeiro visited when a judge ordered him released after spending 30 years in prison for a killing he always maintained he had nothing to do with ...
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South Korea’s president is fighting to stay in office and out of prison after martial law fiasco. Here’s what happens next
South Korea’s president is fighting to stay in office and out of prison after martial law fiasco. Here’s what happens next By Mike Valerio , Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo , CNN ...
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Readers sound off on JD Vance in Europe, an ‘SNL’ critic and new turnstiles’ downside
Brooklyn: Vice President JD Vance was correct to point out to European leaders in Munich that there is a growing “censorship from within” in Europe. However, that threat is coming primarily ...