California’s facial hair ban for prison guards amounts to religious discrimination, Justice Department says
The federal government is asking a court to block California from enforcing a rule requiring correctional officers to keep clean-shaven beards, saying it constitutes religious discrimination against Sikhs, Muslims and others who wear beards as an expression of their faith. . A civil rights lawsuit filed Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice says the […]
Man who threatened Pelosi, Mayorkas sentenced to 11 months in prison
California man who left threatening voicemails for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Department of Homeland Security. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison. David Allen Carrier, 44, pleaded guilty on December 19, 2023 to two counts of intimidation of a federal officer after a grand jury […]
Ex-officials of Massachusetts veterans’ home with deadly COVID outbreak avoid prison
Two former employees of a Massachusetts veterans’ nursing home that experienced a deadly outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reached a settlement Tuesday to avoid prison, the state’s attorney general said. Bennett Walsh, former director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, and David Clinton, former medical director at the home, are the victims of the coronavirus […]
Philadelphia prison chief to leave job after string of inmate deaths and escapes
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The head of a Philadelphia prison is stepping down following a series of inmate deaths and escapes. Blanche Carney, who has overseen the city’s four jails and jails since 2016, said in a letter to officials on Monday that April 5 would be her last day, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. I told […]
Inmate who escaped prison nearly 4 months ago captured leaving a Planet Fitness 200 miles away
An inmate who escaped from a western Pennsylvania prison in early December was arrested after authorities spotted him leaving Planet Fitness in Philadelphia. Isaiah Robert Tillman, 33, was taken into custody Friday in the 3300 block of Aramingo Avenue in Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia U.S. Marshals Service. Tillman had fled Blair County Jail on […]
Pennsylvania inmate who escaped prison nearly 4 months ago captured leaving Philadelphia Planet Fitness
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Trans-identifying male in women’s prison reportedly discovered having sex with female inmate
A man who identifies as transgender was caught having sex with a female inmate earlier this month at a women’s prison in Washington state, according to an incident report in the case. Correctional officers at the Washington Correctional Center for Women (WCCW) confirmed on March 14 that 35-year-old Brian Kim, who now goes by Amber […]
77-year-old Philadelphia man released after serving decades in prison for murder
William Franklin, recently released after serving 44 years in prison, could emerge from a Philadelphia courtroom acquitted on Friday, but otherwise insists he did not commit the crime. He may face a new trial for the 1976 murder. His 1980 conviction, based on tainted testimony, was overturned when the only witness against him recanted. His […]
Former Mississippi officers get 10 to 40 years in prison for torture of 2 Black men
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers to about 10 to 40 years after pleading guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two black men for an hour, including assault and repeated assaults. He completed his sentence of imprisonment. One of the victims was assaulted […]
Former soccer star Robinho turns himself in to start serving 9-year prison sentence for rape
SAO PAULO (AP) – Former soccer player Robinho turned himself in Thursday to begin serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil, more than a decade after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy. Robinho, 40, left his apartment in the seaside city of Santos on the outskirts of Sao Paulo […]