Tag: Prisons
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...
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...
DOJ: Alabama prisons remain deadly, homicides increasing
MONTGOMERY, Ala, — Alabama prisons remain deadly and dangerous two years after federal officials warned the state of unconstitutional conditions, the U.S. Department of...
Riot, fighting at Guatemala prison leaves at least 6 dead
<p>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
<p>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
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of...
DOJ: Alabama prisons remain deadly, homicides increasing
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala, — Alabama prisons remain deadly and dangerous two years after federal officials warned the state of unconstitutional conditions, the U.S. Department of...
Solicitor seeking expert opinions on SC jail death reports
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina prosecutor says she is pursuing outside opinions after reviewing official reports on the January jail death of a...