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DOJ opens civil rights investigation into L.A. County’s Men’s Central Jail
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (869+ words) By Jason HenryLos Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether conditions inside Los Angeles County’s notoriously decrepit Men’s Central Jail violate the Constitution and federal law. The investigation will focus on…...
3 NYC correction captains added to Rikers Island memorial for 9/11-related deaths
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (461+ words) NEW YORK — The names of three New York City correction captains who died from illnesses linked to their work after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have been added to the department’s memorial on Rikers Island. Capts. Jacqueline Payden, Raul Gonzalez and…...
Menendez brothers granted earlier parole hearings
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (602+ words) By Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez will be before a parole board again next March, about 17 months earlier than expected. The brothers were originally sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for the 1989 fatal shootings of…...
$100K settlement reached in Ohio jail inmate’s overdose death
1+ week, 1+ day ago (289+ words) CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County and MetroHealth agreed to pay a combined $100,000 settlement to the family of a county jail inmate who died from a drug overdose, according to probate court records. The lawsuit accused county jail officials and MetroHealth of…...
Former gang member and prosecutor who put him in prison team up to fight street violence
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (1028+ words) Jarrell Daniels is pictured near NYU in Manhattan on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News) By Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily News NEW YORK — Jarrell Daniels found an ally in his fight to tamp down gang violence in the…...
Jury awards $5.4M to family of Calif. inmate who died after fentanyl overdose
2+ week, 3+ day ago (571+ words) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal jury in Riverside on Tuesday, Aug. 25, awarded $5.4 million to a Grand Terrace family that sued Riverside County, alleging that inmate Richard Matus Jr. died from a fentanyl overdose in 2022 when jail deputies failed to immediately respond…...
3 Conn. correctional workers injured in inmate attack at prison
2+ week, 5+ day ago (351+ words) By Richard ChumneyThe Hour, Norwalk, Conn. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Three workers at the New Haven Correctional Center were injured Monday during an incident that began when an inmate attacked a healthcare worker, authorities said. The assault took place around 11:35 a.m....
Former inmate turned BOP deputy director Joshua Smith steps down
2+ week, 5+ day ago (289+ words) WASHINGTON — Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman and former federal inmate whose appointment as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons broke new ground for the agency, has stepped down after about 14 months in the role. BOP Director William…...
7 corrections officers injured in 2 inmate incidents at N.Y. correctional facility
3+ week, 2+ day ago (209+ words) The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y. AUBURN, N.Y. — Seven officers were injured in two separate incidents involving inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility, according to the union representing state correction officers. The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association said in a Thursday news…...
Federal agency says judge halted female corrections officers’ sexual harassment case in error
3+ week, 5+ day ago (602+ words) By Alexandra OlsonAP Business Writer NEW YORK — A civil rights agency accused of halting a sexual harassment case filed on behalf of female corrections officers is now blaming an administrative judge for doing so in error. A labor union and…...