Tag: Correctional systems
South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after going nearly 10 years...
Minnesota Legislature to weigh protections for jail inmates
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Legislature will consider sweeping changes meant to provide better protections and medical care to jail inmates.
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DIY education: Greek teacher creates TV classes for inmates
<p>AVLONA, Greece — Setting up a television channel from scratch isn’t the most obvious or easiest thing for a math teacher to do —...
DIY education: Greek teacher creates TV classes for inmates
AVLONA, Greece — Setting up a television channel from scratch isn’t the most obvious or easiest thing for a math teacher to do —...
Judge: Teen charged with killing 5 relatives to stay jailed
ATHENS, Ala. — A judge ruled that an Alabama teenager charged with killing five family members will remain jailed pending trial, denying a request...
Epstein warden now running new prison despite ongoing probe
<p>WASHINGTON — The warden who ran the <a href="https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/nym/">beleaguered federal jail</a> when disgraced financier <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a> killed himself has been put in charge...
New warden at Epstein jail served as prison executioner
WASHINGTON — The interim warden appointed to run the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died was put in the position after serving as the...
Study: Jail populations dropped, rose slightly in pandemic
O'FALLON, Mo. — Jail populations across the U.S. dropped by nearly a quarter at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, before rising slightly again...
Epstein warden now running new prison despite ongoing probe
WASHINGTON — The warden who ran the beleaguered federal jail when disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself has been put in charge of another...