The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has initiated a search for 109 out of 119 inmates who exploited the collapse of the perimeter fence of the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, to escape from custody during heavy rainfall on Wednesday night. According to a statement by the NCoS spokesperson, AS Duza, the incident […]
Nine inmates aboard a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bus suffered minor injuries in a collision in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. The inmates injured in the collision in the 600 block of South Figueroa Street around 6:35 p.m. Tuesday were taken to a hospital by paramedics, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. […]
MONROE, Wash. — Officials are searching for a Snohomish County prison
CAMERON COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Carrizalez Rucker inmate attempted to escape custody while receiving medical attention, according to the Cameron County Sheriff's Office. According to a social media post by the Cameron County Sheriff's Office, the inmate was receiving medical attention at a local hospital when she tried to escape. Jail staff immediately restrained []
Senior State District Judge Arturo Nelson on Friday approved an agreement between prosecutors and Lucio’s attorneys that
Jury selection has started in the retrial of a former corrections officer charged in the death of an inmate at a county jail in northern Ohio
Court documents obtained by EverythingLubbock.com on Monday morning revealed new details about how an inmate, Benjamin Soliz, 36, escaped in Lubbock County and stole an Upton County Sheriff's Office truck.
Court documents obtained by EverythingLubbock.com on Monday morning revealed new details about how an inmate, Benjamin Soliz, 36, escaped in Lubbock County and stole an Upton County Sheriff's Office truck.
Sometimes, escapist media works best when it presents a vision of a world that’s somewhat close to the one someone is trying to run away from, but without any of the real-life stressors that make that situation so taxing. (This writer watched a lot of Veep in November 2020, for example.) In an interview with The A.V. Club, Brandon Scott said he hopes his Max show, The Girls On The Bus, serves a similar purpose. Adapted from New York Times reporter Amy Chozik’s memoir Chasing Hillary, The Girls...
Four nonprofit prisoner-rights groups filed a complaint Monday in an Austin federal court alleging that Texas prisons' widespread lack of air conditioning violates the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The organizations joined a lawsuit filed last summer by Bernie Tiede, an inmate who argues he suffered an acute medical crisis after being housed in a Huntsville cell where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees. Tiede, a convicted murderer who served as inspiration for the...
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A legal battle over a lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons is bringing together advocates on the issue and one current inmate who says his health is being endangered by the state’s hot prisons. That inmate is the former mortician whose murder case inspired the
Advocates, man who inspired film 'Bernie' ask for air conditioning for him and other Texas inmates