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Prisons, at 95%: more semi-liberties to make space and inmates sanctioned in the infirmary
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Woman dies after being found unresponsive in cell at Jail East, SCSO says
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (432+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A woman died Saturday after corrections deputies found her unresponsive in her cell at Jail East, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. SCSO said deputies found 43-year-old Beverly Turnage around 2:50 p.m. and immediately began lifesaving measures until the Memphis…...
Sedalia man sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearm
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (143+ words) Kenkori Lenell Grant, Jr. A Pettis County man is sentenced to federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm during a disturbance in Springfield. It was in July of 2025 when Springfield police officers heard shots fired in…...
Priest convicted of sex crimes dies in Maine prison
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (202+ words) Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have now gone through fou… BOSTON — Ten years after voters legalized recreational marijuana in Massachusett… Former Roman Catholic priest Ronald Paquin arrives for sentencing York County Superior Court in Alfred, Maine, on May 23, 2019. Former…...
Prisons for profit | Alexander Baker
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (581+ words) Britain’s prison crisis has handed organised crime a captive market Another week, another Boschian depiction of the hellscape that is British state capacity. At a Prosperity Institute panel on two-tier justice during Reform UK’s party conference, crime journalist David Shipley…...
Pulaski County sheriff’s office requests more than $1.57 million for jail, vehicles | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (806+ words) Pulaski County elected officials will consider a proposed nearly $1.6 million appropriation to allow the sheriff's office to address problems with heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at the county jail complex. Some of the funding will also go toward replacing…...
Man set for release from prison after serving 21 years for phone robbery
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (899+ words) "It's like your son being killed - he's here but he's not." Leroy Douglas was just 24 when he was jailed in 2005 for stealing a mobile phone and handed a minimum prison term of two-and-a-half years. More than 20 years later, he is…...
CS inspects progress on High Security Prison at Kathua
5+ hour, 16+ min ago (140+ words) Kathua, Sep 13: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Sunday visited the construction site of the High Security Prison under construction at Dambra, Tehsil Mahanpur, in Kathua district and reviewed the progress of ongoing work. The Chief Secretary took stock of the…...
Pittsburgh Man Sentenced 37 Months for Felon Gun Possession
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (184+ words) The DOJ release describes the pistol as having an obliterated serial number. Knoxville was the neighborhood of the arrest. Federal prosecutors subsequently opened a civil forfeiture proceeding on February 11, 2026, targeting the iPhone seized from Mitchell during that arrest, according to…...
CT prosecutors seek 12 years for ex-school construction chief as he asks for no prison time
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (675+ words) Recommending a long term behind bars, federal prosecutors described Connecticut's former top school construction official Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis as a calculating betrayer of the public trust. However, Diamantis himself is requesting a much lighter sentence that includes no prison time....