(FOX40.COM) — Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at a state prison in Sacramento County after several guards pinned him to the ground. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, staff at California State Prison-Sacramento, located in Folsom, responded to a "disturbance in a housing unit" on April 12 around 6:55 []
A 29-year-old man from Harris County died just weeks after being sent to the LaSalle Correctional Center, a privately-owned prison located hundreds of miles away.
CINCINNATI – Kelli Prather, a 52-year-old Cincinnati resident, received an 84-month prison sentence today in U.S. District Court after being convicted last summer on multiple counts of fraud, announced authorities. Prather was found guilty on all 14 charges in July 2023 following a trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Matthew W. McFarland. The convictions […]
A HMP Edinburgh inmate has died behind bars. Paul Farrell, 45, died at Saughton jail on Sunday, April 7. As is standard when someone dies in prison, a Fatal Accident Inquiry has been launched to determine the circumstances around Farrell’s death. Police Scotland said there were no suspicious circumstances involved. A spokeswoman said: "Around 8.10am on Sunday, 7 April, 2024, police were advised about the death of a 45-year-old male prisoner within HMP Edinburgh. “There are no suspicious...
The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure - and...
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 []
In 2020, a dangerous pathogen swept the globe. The pandemic required government action, we were told, but the government of one nation was not enough. Even powerful governments (like that of the United States) worked with other governments to keep pandemic measures from being futile. In order to avoid a fatal lack of coordination, some
LOGAN, Utah, April 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Cache County Sheriff’s Office Thursday night published the name of the inmate who died in their custody in the county jail. “The victim from yesterday’s incident in the jail is 22-year-old Kaden Lee Saunders, from Logan,” the sheriff’s office said. “Investigators are waiting for the Medical […] The post Inmate who died in Cache County Jail identified first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
CHEYENNE COUNTY (KSNT) - On Monday, a 76-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man from Atwood died after rolling their vehicle in Cheyenne County. At 6 p.m., the 76-year-old woman was driving a 2007 Ford F350 north on Highway 161. The passenger side tires went into the ditch and the driver tried to maneuver back onto []
After half a day of searching, the criminal who escaped from an ambulance in Bucharest was caught. He managed to reach close to home, in Oradea. He was recognized on the street by a man who immediately called the police. The criminal was planning to flee Romania, that’s why he went to Oradea, to try […]
Folsom State Prison in Northern California has dozens of rehabilitation programs, including one in which inmates transcribe books from English to Braille for kids.
An inmate at the Richland County Jail died following what authorities called a “medical emergency.”