Robert Brooks: New York governor orders firing of prison staffers …
14 hours ago · New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Saturday that she has ...
U.S. Prisons Flout Law by Keeping Inmates Past Release Date, …
2 days ago · But this year, as she prepared to leave a prison camp in Florida, Ms. Crowe got devastating news: She would remain incarcerated until mid-2025 because the Bureau of Prisons simply did not have a ...
New York's governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in …
1 day ago · NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Saturday that she has directed the state’s corrections department commissioner to begin the process of terminating 14 workers involved in the fatal ...
Prison Legal News - Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights
4 days ago · Human Rights activist and the editor and publisher of Prison Legal News Paul Wright discusses the prevalence of solitary confinement and other forms of torture in the US, what it means to ban the practice in New York City, how solitary confinement policies are being rolled back or hidden in plain sight in US prisons, the novel lengths Alabama ...
U.S. Agrees to Pay $116 Million to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims at ...
4 days ago · The federal government agreed on Tuesday to pay about $116 million to settle lawsuits by 103 women who said they had been sexually abused while in custody at a now-shuttered women’s prison in ...
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death …
Nov 15, 2023 · Signed by 14 people incarcerated in one of the highest-security federal prisons in the country, the letter was an urgent warning for prison officials: Several corrections officers were trying...
Under Pressure, Hyundai Supplier Ends Alabama Prison Labor …
4 days ago · (Prison work done for state entities is often done without payment, or at a rate of $2 an hour.) ... For one week, our reporter traded his news apps for Rumble, the right-wing alternative to YouTube.
A warden faced discipline over abuse at a prison. Now he has a new …
Nov 1, 2024 · A warden who oversaw a culture of abuse at two different federal prisons has a new job — running a national training academy for the Bureau of Prisons.
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of ... - Associated Press News
Jul 25, 2024 · President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption and abuse in the prison system.
Thousands of federal inmates become eligible for sentence …
Feb 1, 2024 · Thousands of federal inmates, who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, became eligible on Thursday for reduced sentences, and in many cases immediate release from prison following a...