LOGAN, Utah, April 17, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A prisoner was found deceased in his cell Wednesday in the Cache County Jail. “On April 17, 2024 at approximately 2:45 p.m. an inmate at the Cache County Jail was found unresponsive in his cell by deputies,” the Cache County Sheriff’s Office announced online Wednesday night. “The […] The post Inmate’s death at Cache County Jail under investigation first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment.
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve findsBlack incarcerated people have been subjected to prolonged and painful botched executions in the US at more than twice the rate of white death row inmates, a new study has found.While glaring racial disparities have long been visible in US capital punishment, the report from the international human rights group Reprieve finds that the inequities exist even inside the...
SANTA FE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office is asking the community to help identify a man who was found dead on Friday. Santa Fe County Sheriff deputies were dispatched to the corridor of Redondo Peak, in the Rancho Viejo Subdivision, at approximately 11 a.m. Deputies responded to the location after medical []
Candidates running for Fulton County Sheriff told voters at an ACLU of Georgia "Know Your Sheriff" town hall event on Tuesday they plan to improve prison conditions through a combination of additional staff, increased scrutiny of incoming inmates, and upgraded housing. Suggestions come in the wake of a slew of deaths in the county's prison system. As part of the event, candidates completed a questionnaire to inform voters about their position on issues. One question asked, "Since 2022, over 20...
The state’s attorney has declined to file charges in connection with three in-custody deaths of McHenry County Jail inmates. A fourth inmate death is still under investigation. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday afternoon that they recently received the final investigations of the in-custody inmate deaths of Sean Grendel, Randy Little and Timothy Mumford. […]
The incident happened in November of 2020 at the Mount Olive Correctional Center.
Crowley and Johnson were joined by Chief Judge Carl Ashley at Community Reintegration Center.
The cost of housing Johnson County inmates in other county jails continues to rise as the county pursues efforts to restore its current jail or even construct a new facility. A report published by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in January 2024 shows a running total of $15.8 million in spending to house inmates in
The Cook County Democratic Party has told interested candidates for the interim Cook County Clerk position and the November ballot nomination to email their resume by Wednesday.
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- A male inmate was found dead in the Houston County Jail Friday morning, Sheriff Donald Valenza confirmed to WDHN. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd identified the inmate as 27-year-old Andrew Martinez of Enterprise. Sheriff Valenza says Martinez was booked into the jail early Friday morning and was found dead at []
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Inmates at a Guadalupe County prison lent a hand to a nearby community. The inmates put together more than 100 bicycles for students in Santa Rosa. It took only a few hours to get them all assembled. Funding for the bikes came from the Outdoor Equity Fund. The state corrections secretary says []