NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A COVID-era prison release law championed by Rep. Nellie Pou, D-N.J., is facing renewed scrutiny after multiple inmates freed early under the program were later charged with murder. More than 7,000 inmates received an early release starting in November 2020 after then-Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., signed legislation … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit, an attorney for the inmates argued on Wednesday in urging a federal judge to enforce the order. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., didn’t rule from the bench on the inmates’ request … Read more
An inmate takeover of a North Carolina jail was resolved Monday after the negotiated release of two guards who were taken hostage and the transfer of all its inmates, authorities said. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The takeover at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center … Read more
WASHINGTON — Taking up a case that could further erode the rights of people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a prison inmate could sue a nurse for failing to provide medical assistance after a riot. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access … Read more
Rikers Island inmates get Father’s Day trip to museum with their kids – CBS News Watch CBS News Bradley Blackburn reports on a one-of-a-kind partnership, reuniting incarcerated fathers with their children. Source link
A death row inmate in Alabama is waiting on a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court to see if the state will be allowed to carry out his scheduled execution Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge’s decision to permanently ban the state … Read more
A search is underway for four inmates who escaped from a correctional center in central Alabama Saturday, authorities said. The inmates escaped the Perry County Correctional PREP Center in Uniontown, Alabama, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office reported. Law enforcement agencies were alerted at approximately 1 a.m. local time on Saturday of the escape, the sheriff’s … Read more
The planned execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers in Tennessee was called off Thursday after officials struggled to find a vein for an hour, according to his attorney, who was present at the execution. Maria DeLiberato, an attorney for Carruthers, said she saw Carruthers “wincing and groaning” and called it “horrible” to watch. An … Read more
Supreme Court dismisses case on death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court dismissed a case on the death penalty eligibility for inmates with intellectual disabilities. CBS News’ Jan Crawford reports. Source link
Another inmate, the complaint says, told her she wouldn’t leave her side. Later that morning, a guard took McElroy to the jail’s medical clinic. Although McElroy was going into preterm labor, according to the lawsuit, the on-call nurse didn’t send her to the hospital. Instead, the suit alleges, McElroy was given a diaper and a … Read more