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Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (654+ words) Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, and from that place, turn and look at our present. This story was co-published with Truthout. I banged my head on the bars. It was 2: 00 am. I was in a…...
Families of Victims Who Died From Heat in Prison Fight to Prevent More Deaths
29+ min ago (1702+ words) Over 200, 000 incarcerated people face deadly summer heat in California and Texas. The Central California Women's Facility, the nation's largest women's prison, is in Chowchilla, where temperatures reached past 90 degrees by the second week of May. The prison lacks air conditioning…...
Inside the adult Swedish prison preparing to house children as young as 13
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (917+ words) Teenagers will now serve time in response to surging gang crime, but head of country's largest jail has misgivings Inside H block, staff at Sweden's largest jail are preparing for the arrival of the first child prisoners in the institution's…...
Housing released prisoners is a major issue, says HMP Norwich governor
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (591+ words) Prisoners being released into homelessness is a "dire" situation that is proving challenging to solve, a prison governor has admitted. HMP Norwich governor Declan Moore said more than a dozen prisoners are released each month without having a definite home…...
South Korean government defends $779, 000 scheme to install prison air conditioning
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (323+ words) Justice ministry says air conditioning units will be provided in prison corridors South Korea is pushing ahead with a plan to provide prison inmates with air conditioning, despite a public backlash at the use of taxpayers" money. The justice ministry…...
Judge sentences former probation officer in $169, 000 embezzlement case
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (423+ words) " San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced that former San Luis Obispo County Deputy Probation Officer Fallyn Sierra Rollins, 32, has been sentenced for embezzling more than $169, 000 from the San Luis Obispo County Probation Peace Officers" Association. The association…...
Derek Chauvin news - Today's latest updates
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1736+ words) Despite a staffing shortage, Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says he is determined to build trust between police and the community. This weekend marks five years since the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. On May 25, 2020, Officer Derek Chauvin…...
Kane Moore, of Hempstead, gets 25-year prison term for fatally shooting Maurice Sinclair Thomas in 2024
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (385+ words) Maurice Sinclair Thomas, 39, of Hempstead, was found by police in the early morning of Sept. 21, 2024, on Yale Street in Hempstead." Credit: Jim Staubitser A Hempstead man convicted of gunning down a man following a dispute during a game of Uno…...
Homeless man sentenced to 30 years in prison after attacking West Palm Beach officer
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (307+ words) The incident involving the felon was in 2024. A 38-year-old homeless felon who violently attacked a West Palm Beach police officer in 2024 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. On Wednesday, Brandon Mc Cray pleaded guilty to six charges: robbery with…...
SC corrections officer accused of taking nearly $19, 000 in Cash App bribes tied to inmate scheme
16+ hour, 30+ min ago (281+ words) Warrants allege Laura Leigh Patterson took the Cash App payments to influence what she did -- or didn't -- do as an officer at Turbeville prison. SC corrections officer accused of taking nearly $19, 000 in Cash App bribes tied to inmate scheme CLARENDON…...