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...
I recently saw the face of a friend whom I had never met before. In a video call to a California state prison facility, I was finally face-to-face—albeit via video chat—with Dominic Williams, who is serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and who has spent the majority of his life More
Britain's biggest prison, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, opened its doors in 2017 and has acquired a reputation as the epicentre of a sex scandal engulfing the Prison Service.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has rejected calls for her resignation after an elderly couple was allegedly assaulted by a freed immigration detainee during a home invasion. Western Australian police say a trio bashed Ninette Simmons, 73, and tied up her 76-year-old husband Philip while they stole $200,000 in jewellery. One of the alleged perpetrators […]
Johnny Depp is back to take on Hollywood. The actor blasted executives in a recent interview, calling them out for making low-quality films.
Opinion: The PWHL, like the NHL, does not adhere to any rule for the mandatory usage of neck guards. Since the death of Adam Johnson in 2023 from a neck injury, there has been much debate about whether neck guards should be obligatory
Former attorney Michael Avenatti ripped into the hush money case against former President Trump, arguing it was politically motivated to prevent the former president from taking back the Oval Office in November. "I certainly see [Trump] as a victim of the system," he said in a phone interview with Fox News Digital while in prison.
Damascus, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Government on Sunday urged the United Nations and the Security Council to condemn the Israel's repeated attacks on this nation. The post Syria calls for UN action to stop Israel’s attacks first appeared on Prensa Latina.
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Nicaragua brought plea to court, arguing sales of weapons make Berlin
Peter Navarro is staying locked up, after the Supreme Court rejected his bid to stay out while he appeals his contempt conviction. It’s the former Trump White House adviser’s second such rejection in as many months. How is that even possible, you might wonder? Recall that Navarro was sentenced in January to four months’ imprisonment for contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Trying to stay free pending appeal, he filed an application to...
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executionsThe relentless pursuit of “non-stop executions” by a rump of US death penalty states is exposing prison staff to extreme levels of psychological and physical stress, according to traumatized corrections officers who are appealing for help.Though capital punishment is generally on the wane in America, with only five states carrying out executions last year, those...