A group of 13 individuals, including former corrections officers, inmates, and others, were sentenced this week for their involvement in a “large-scale” drug trafficking conspiracy, the Department of Justice reported.The individuals admitted to working in concert to traffic cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine between February 2017 and May 2019, according to the department. The group based their operations out of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, obtaining illegal narcotics from...
ANGOLA — Thirteen people were sentenced for their involvement in a heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and cocaine trafficking conspiracy operating out of Angola.The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencings Monday. The sentences for the men, which included inmates, former guards and suppliers from Baton Rouge and California, ranged from 48 to 192 months. Between February 2017 and May 2019, the men worked together to distribute drugs in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at...
The still shows 38-year-old Ronald Collier dashing through the halls Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta Thursday, 150 miles from Denver. It was snapped seconds after he overpowered a deputy and a security officer at the facility, before fleeing into the night - all while still in his restraints. He was being held on local charges of burglary and assault, authorities in the area said Friday, as officials revealed he made off in a stolen car with a gun inside
Bureau Of Prisons officials said the scandal-plagued prison in Dublin, California 'did not meet expected standards' and was found to have mold and asbestos. The prison was known as the 'rape club' due to years of staff-on-inmate abuse. Several famous inmates, including Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, and Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, did their time at the facility
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...
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.
By Bridget Spencer Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — Just six months ago, life was much different for Rashod Stanley. He was serving seven years in prison after making a bad decision. “You might try to go the fast route and it really just made you realize what is most important,”
By Bridget Spencer Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — Just six months ago, life was much different for Rashod Stanley. He was serving seven years in prison after making a bad decision. “You might try to go the fast route and it really just made you realize what is most important,”
By Bridget Spencer Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — Just six months ago, life was much different for Rashod Stanley. He was serving seven years in prison after making a bad decision. “You might try to go the fast route and it really just made you realize what is most important,”
Windsor West MP Brian Masse is sounding the alarm over his urban park bill’s stagnation in the Senate — a “dangerous situation” that could lead to the legislation’s demise. To pressure the Senate of Canada into moving forward with Bill C-248 — Masse’s private member’s bill to establish the Ojibway National Urban Park — the […]
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officails say the planned closure of a federal women’s prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won’t happen before each inmate’s status is reviewed. The Bureau of Prison’s announced Monday that FCI Dublin would be shut down. Meanwhile, a judge has ordered an accounting of