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(Reuters) – Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and…
(Reuters) – Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury last week indicted eight individuals for their roles in a prison-based phone scam that targeted retailers throughout the country, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F.…
FRESNO, Calif. — Sholanda Thomas, 38, a former Hoover Crips gang member and an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, was sentenced today to five years…
RIVERSIDE, California – A San Bernardino County woman was arrested today on a seven-count federal grand jury indictment alleging she fraudulently obtained more than $500,000 in pandemic-related unemployment insurance…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Springfield, Illinois, woman, Allison Poorman, 28, of the 600 block of Douglas Avenue, has been sentenced to 11 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates entrusted to his care and to submitting…
RICHMOND, Va. – Three individuals pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to use the personal identifying information (PII) of Virginia prison inmates in order to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Johnny Black and Henry Felix were sentenced to prison for their parts…
OKLAHOMA CITY – A three-year investigation into an Oklahoma prison-based drug trafficking organization has resulted in 21 defendants being convicted across multiple federal cases. The wrap-up of this investigation and…
Biden Admin Funnels Taxpayer Dollars Into ‘Programming Curriculum’ For Transgender Inmates Reagan Reese on July 9, 2022 The Department of Justice invested almost $1.5 million of taxpayer dollars into a…
A former corrections officer at a Clark County, Indiana, jail gave a key to the women’s section to male inmates, leading to numerous rapes and assaults, a lawsuit alleges. The…
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Christopher Brian Goodwin, 46, was sentenced to 135 months on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for deprivation of rights under color of law…
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Coke, age 23, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood (FCI Allenwood), and…
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two federal inmates were indicted separately yesterday by a federal grand jury for possessing contraband…
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two federal inmates were charged separately by criminal informations yesterday for possessing contraband in prison.…
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a former correctional officer at the St. Louis jail to four years in prison for allowing two…
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Three inmates at a Missouri county jail were on the run on Tuesday after cutting holes in the plaster ceiling of their cells last week…
A former federal correctional officer pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing multiple inmates in Fort Worth, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Luis Curiel,…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jacob Merkel, 23, and Victor Sanchez, 25, were sentenced in federal court on May 16 after pleading guilty to assault upon a person assisting federal officers involving…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – Nordia Tompkins was serving a seven-year sentence for a drug charge in June 2020 when the U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons released her to…
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Milton Williams, 27, of Austintown, Ohio, with participating in a conspiracy that sold…
PITTSBURGH – Ross Landfried and David Curran were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for prison contraband crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. The Indictment…
BUFFALO, NY – According to Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn, 41-year-old Robert M. Dee of Town of Eden was arraigned Monday morning before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah…
TRENTON, NJ – The abused women at New Jersey’s notorious Edna Mahan Correctional Facility are suing the State of New Jersey for violating their settlement agreement. Lawyers for the abused…