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Wisconsin Prison Warden Jailed Amid Investigations Into Deaths

Warden of Waupun Correctional Institution arrested before news conference on deaths and investigations at the facility, raising concerns about safety and o...

Top News · Jun 5, 2024

Wisconsin warden jailed hours before news conference on prison death investigations

A Wisconsin prison warden was jailed just hours before a scheduled news conference where officials planned to discuss the findings of investigations into multiple deaths at his facility

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Rock climber sentenced to life in prison for Yosemite sexual assaults

Charles Barrett was accused of using his fame as a rock climber to lure victim to park and later making threatening phone calls to her

The Guardian - US · Jun 5, 2024

Hunter Biden's Trial Highlights a Widely Flouted, Haphazardly Enforced, and Constitutionally Dubious Gun Law

The president's son, who is charged with crimes that violated no one's rights, theoretically faces up to 25 years in prison.

Reason · Jun 4, 2024

Prisoner dies 12 days after Pennsylvania judge granted compassionate release for health reasons

A Pennsylvania man who had been serving life for second-degree murder is dead, about two weeks after being granted a medical transfer from prison to a facility that could better treat his condition, including quadriplegia

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

The radical changes that are needed to fix the failings of our prison system

Letters: Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs call for a change in sentencing policy, a halt to prison-building, a cut in the jail population and investment in communities and alternatives to custody

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2024

Federal Supervised Release Is a Wasteful Mess. A Bipartisan Bill in Congress Is Trying To Fix That.

The Safer Supervision Act would create an off-ramp for those with good behavior to petition to have their supervised release sentences terminated early.

Reason · Jun 4, 2024

GOP Senators Warn Judge Against Sentencing Trump To Prison Or House Arrest

Republican senators are warning Judge Juan Merchan about sentencing Donald Trump to prison or house arrest.

International Business Times · Jun 4, 2024

A man sat behind Fauci pulling faces at him in fiery House Covid hearing. But who is he?

January 6 rioter Brandon Fellows, who served one of the toughest prison sentences yet for the insurrection, was sitting behind the former chief medical adviser to the president

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

Behind Bars: Belfast Jail Reborn As Whiskey Distillery

Once home to paramilitary prisoners during Northern Ireland's "Troubles", a notorious Belfast jail is now home to a whiskey still that is drawing tourists to a formerly strife-torn area.

International Business Times · Jun 4, 2024