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Inmates stab correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison
LANCASTER, Mass. (AP) — Two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates at a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts, and three others were injured as they responded, a spokesperson said. The five officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were taken to...
Man says he lied when he testified against inmate who is set to be executed
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself from the death chamber. Owens is set to die at 6 p.m. Friday at a Columbia...
Attempted prison escape in Honduras leaves 2 inmates dead and 3 injured
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An attempted prisonbreak early Thursday in Honduras left two inmates dead and three injured, authorities said. The Latin American country has long been plagued by gang violence and overcrowded prisons. According to officials, a total of 72 prisoners took part in...
Demolition to begin on long-troubled St. Louis jail
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Demolition will begin soon on the St. Louis jail known as the City Workhouse, which has been the source of criticism for decades, Mayor Tishaura Jones said. A news release from the mayor's office on Wednesday said demolition begins Dec. 16. Further steps will be...
Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death
NEW YORK (AP) — As they unsuccessfully fought to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul’s lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths. ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs will stay in jail after bail is denied for a second time
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a grim Brooklyn federal jail. U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter...
Former northern Virginia jail deputy gets 6 1/2 years for drug operation, sex trafficking
A former sheriff's deputy at a northern Virginia jail was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years in prison for smuggling drugs into the jail and for running a sex trafficking operation out of a Baltimore apartment. Robert T. Sanford Jr., 37, worked night shifts at the Fairfax County...
Families of Americans detained in China share their pain and urge US to get them home
WASHINGTON (AP) — The families of four Americans detained in China said Wednesday that their loved ones are suffering both physically and mentally, urging the U.S. government to take action to bring them home. Appearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission of China, the...
Mississippi program aims to connect jailed people to mental health services
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A new program in Mississippi is designed to help people who need mental health care services while they are jailed and facing felony charges. The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law announced Wednesday...
South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life, something no governor in the state has done since the death penalty was restarted nearly 50 years ago. Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, is set to be the first...
