Tag: Correctional systems
Sex abuse class-action suit tossed, individual claims stand
CONCORD, N.H. — A judge on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit involving 300 people who allege decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth...
Mafia fugitive among Italy’s most-wanted arrested in Brazil
MILAN — Authorities in Brazil have arrested one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives, a drug boss inside the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta organized crime network who escaped...
Two BOP workers admit crimes on morning of Epstein’s death
NEW YORK — Two Bureau of Prisons guards admitted falsifying records Tuesday after financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail death in a deferred prosecution deal that...
Nebraska inmates’ fight to wed ends after one of them dies
LINCOLN, Neb. — A man and a woman convicted in separate murders who fought the state of Nebraska for years for the right to...
Cooks, nurses guard inmates with US prisons down 6K officers
Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to...
Cooks, nurses guard inmates with US prisons down 6K officers
<p>Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to...
Sheriff: Army trainee who hijacked bus tried to escape
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina Army trainee charged with hijacking a school bus full of children is likely to face new charges after...
Riot, fighting at Guatemala prison leaves at least 6 dead
GUATEMALA CITY — Rioting and fighting among inmates at a prison in western Guatemala caused the deaths of at least six prisoners, police said...
Streaming series shows collision of music, history in 1971
NEW YORK — Chrissie Hynde wouldn't make her own mark in music until a few years later, but her memories of how 1971's daily...
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of...