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Solano jail adds more beds
Fairfield :: CA :: USA | 8 hours ago
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The opening occurred out of necessity due to the increasing jail population experienced by the Sheriff's Office Custody Division since Public Safety Realignment legislation was introduced in October of 2011. Under Realignment inmates serving time for
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Former prisoners on road to workforce reentry
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 13 hours ago
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Standing in a black pinstripe suit, 56-year-old Michael Bohan quoted the final lines of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken to 27 men and women who graduated Friday from a week-long leadership workshop that helps newly released prisoners reenter the
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Architect seeks death to expedite HC appeal
Mumbai :: India | 17 hours ago
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Santosh Namdev Bhukan, convicted in the 2010 case of kidnap and murder of a woman, believed to have been his paramour, told the Pune District and Sessions Judge on Friday after he was asked to present his say. When the judge asked the 37-year-old
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Former prison guard pleads guilty to assault on inmate
Upi :: Philippines | 21 hours ago
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A former guard has pleaded guilty to assaulting an inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Maryland and conspiring to cover up the assault, the FBI said. Jeremy McCusker pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court, acknowledging he and other RCI
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State prisons could outsource more mental health services
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Pennsylvania is looking at outsourcing more mental health services in its 27 prisons, seeking to save money and improve performance. But a number of legislators oppose the idea, saying it could put prison workers and communities at risk. The state
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Corrections officials investigating Facebook, Instagram pictures
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 1 day ago
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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services confirmed Thursday that it is investigating online postings in recent days on accounts under Michael Thomas' name, which a union official said appear to have been taken inside the
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NC inmate who disappeared from work release caught
Lincolnton :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago
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N.C. (AP) Authorities say a Lincoln Correctional Center inmate who disappeared from a work release program has been recaptured...Department of Corrections said 38-year-old Ronald Billings was captured around 9:45 p.m...A statement from the department
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Teenagers trapped on Yemen's death row
Say'ūn :: Yemen | 2 days ago
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Hafedh Ibrahim's words trip mechanically off his tongue as he describes being moments from the carrying out of his death sentence...Especially because, being television, I make him relive it again just one more time, please Hafedh, show me where the
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UK provided more support for CIA rendition flights than thought, says study
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
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Evidence gathered by The Rendition Project an interactive website that maps thousands of rendition flights highlight 1,622 flights in and out of the UK by aircraft now known to have been involved in the agency's secret kidnap and detention programme.
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Gang mentality led to stabbing, judge says
Saskatoon :: Canada | 2 days ago
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A Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate serving time for participating in a violent prison assault more than four years ago addressed a Prince Albert courtroom Wednesday to plead for a chance to prove he can live a peaceful life. Frederick Junior Knife
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