El Paso, TX

Columbus, OH

The Guardian

Woman dies at California facility as temperatures reach 110F and residents without air conditioning beg for relief

‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for help

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns of a "total breakdown of law and order" unless action is taken.

Thousands of prisoners to be released in September

Louisiana State

Earlier this week, Louisiana made headlines by becoming the first state in the U.S. to allow surgical castration as a punishment for certain sex crimes against children. This new law, signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry, gives judges the option to order offenders guilty of crimes such as rape, incest, and molestation against children under 13 to undergo surgical castration. While this decision has sparked both support and criticism, it is clear that it opens up a larger conversation about how we as a society view and handle crimes against children.

Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

Texas State

Texas’ parole board on Monday denied clemency for death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday for a 2001 murder, despite the fact a key expert witness no longer stands by his testimony at trial.

Texas parole board denies clemency to Ramiro Gonzales, to be executed Wednesday despite expert witness walking back testimony

Talker

The prisoner is given a choice, either spending 10 years in a prison cell or seeking fast-track rehabilitation through artificial memory implantation.
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New prison concept could see inmates serve sentences in minutes

The Independent

Thousands of prisoners are to be released earlier than planned as the Government attempts to avert the “collapse” of the prisons system.Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned on Friday that without immediate action to address overcrowding, prisons would run out of space within weeks – leading to “a total breakdown of law and order”.In a speech at HMP Five Wells, in Northamptonshire, she said prisons were “on the point of collapse”, with barely 700 places left in the adult male estate and jails operating at 99% capacity since the start of 2023.Echoing language used about supporters of appeasement in the 1930s,...

Offenders to be released early as prison system faces ‘collapse’, says minister

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Washington, DC

The founder of anLGBTQ+ nonprofit in the nation’s capital has resolved a legal issue she’s been facing since her abrupt departure from the organization in 2022. Ruby Corado, once seen as a defender and protector ofWashington, D.C.’shomeless LGBTQ+ youth, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to wire fraud.

Ruby Corado, founder of LGBTQ+ nonprofit Casa Ruby, pleads guilty to wire fraud

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

California State

An Indian-American doctor, Dharmesh Patel, who drove his Tesla off a cliff with his wife and two children inside in an alleged murder attempt, will not serve jail time and will receive mental health treatment. Patel, a California radiologist, experienced a psychotic breakdown, leading to the crash. Psychotic breakdown led...

No jail for California doctor who drove wife, and two children off cliff, to receive mental health treatment

The first batch of prisoners to be released early from Scotland's jails are being freed, officials have said. Over the next four weeks between 500 and 550 inmates will leave custody to ease pressure on the country's overcrowded prisons. The move involves prisoners with 180 days or less to serve...

Prisoners released early to ease overcrowding

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

TheDailyBeast

The lawyer for a leading figure in the American evangelical movement has blamed a child sexual abuse victim for the more than 100 times she was molested over four-and-a-half years, according to a 2007 correspondence obtained by NBC News. In 1982, Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, a megachurch in Texas, began what he now describes as “inappropriate sexual behavior” with then-12-year-old Cindy Clemishire. Morris was 21 at the time. In 2007, Clemishire hired lawyer Gentner Drummond and wrote a letter to Morris’ lawyer, J. Shelby Sharpe, NBC reported. The letter reportedly said Clemishire suffered from the aftermath of the years of abuse. Sharpe then replied that 12-year-old Clemishire initiated the sexual abuse by coming into Morris’ bed. Clemishire went public with her accusations against Morris last month in a post published by church watchdog site The Wartburg Watch. Morris then admitted to “inappropriate sexual behavior,” saying that he had already “repented” for his act, before adding that he did not know Clemishire, 12 then, was a child. Morris, who Donald Trump once named as a spiritual adviser to his administration, has since resigned as senior pastor of his church.Read it at NBC NewsRead more at The Daily Beast.

Lawyer for Ex-Trump Spiritual Adviser Blamed Victim for Her Abuse: Report

TIME

Mail theft is booming, but experts disagree about the reasons.

Why Mail Theft Is On the Rise

Mississippi State

NBC News

When Anna Wolfe won the Pulitzer Prize for her dogged reporting on Mississippi’s welfare fraud scandal, she had no inkling she was soon going to have to contend with the possibility of going to jail. But just over a year after she secured journalism’s top award for exposing how...

She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Alameda, CA

Alameda Post

Just look at that beautiful pup! Lima is an adorable 5-month-old Husky who is smart, friendly, and a total sweetheart. It’s hard to believe this sweet girl was brought to FAAS after being abandoned in a grocery store parking lot, tied to a pole with an electrical cord used as a leash. She was just a few months old.

Lima is Looking for Love

Jails could run out of space within “days”, putting the public in danger, prison governors warned.The Prison Governors’ Association (PGA), which represents more than 95% of all prison governors and managers working in England and Wales, said the entire criminal justice system “stands on the precipice of failure” as it called on the next government to tackle problems “without delay”.In an open letter to the leaders of political parties, the body said: “Our members are the experts in running prisons, their voice and our message, if ignored, will be at your peril.”The association believes there is “no other option open”...

Jails to run out of space in days without urgent action, prison governors warn

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has become nationally known for moving more than 1,600 homeless people indoors since he has become mayor. Now he wants to place 200 people struggling with mental illness and/or addiction into treatment, according to an upcoming City Council committee agenda.

Denver mayor to send 200 people experiencing homeless to treatment

Fort Bliss, TX

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Opinion: EPISD should address ‘period poverty’

In late June, the El Paso Independent School District announced it would have an $18.5 million budget deficit for the coming school year, mostly due to...

Opinion: EPISD should address ‘period poverty’

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