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South Placer County Jail Culinary Arts Program teaches a lot more than cooking skills
The South Placer County Jail Culinary Arts Program has been teaching minimum security inmates since 2020, providing them with ...
How the Aryan Brotherhood used O.C. punk rockers to grow beyond prison walls
The powerful prison syndicate known as the Aryan Brotherhood has moved to expand its reach, testimony and court records show, ...
Youth prison inmates deal with rodents, no drinks or pillows, N.J. inspection report says
For example, more than 70% of the inmates had no pillow during the inspection dates, in July 2024. The ombudsperson ...
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.
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Sheriff’s withdrawal from jail food account was an unauthorized loan
The Tax Court denied the IRS’s argument that the money, which the sheriff had repaid, was includible in her income as embezzled funds.
An inside look at the prison holding Abrego Garcia
The sprawling penitentiary in El Salvador where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was last known to be held offers a sharp contrast to the supermax mega-prison, CECOT, to which he was first deported. NBC News' ...
AC in Texas prisons at last? State bill gains traction
We hope House Bill 3006, authored by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, will succeed. In Texas, air conditioning is not a luxury ...
Contracted jail worker accused of delivering drugs to jail inmate
MONROE COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A jail contracted Aramark food services driver is accused of delivering drugs to a Monroe County ...