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A female prison guard has narrowly avoided jail after having an intimate relationship with a prisoner. Rachel Stanton, 31, had a relationship with Edwin Poole who was serving a 10-and-a-half-year sentence in HMP Five Wells, Wellingborough, for his role in a four-day stint of violent armed robberies.The court heard how CCTV picked up on the mum-of-five going into a prison storeroom with Poole for an hour of "intimacy." Following the discovery of the relationship in July 2022, Stanton was suspended and Poole was moved to another prison. Stanton continued to visit him and they went on to have a baby...

Female prison guard spared jail after having an affair and a baby with inmate

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- On a darkened road beside the Caspian Sea, Iranian police officers opened fire last month on a 31-year-old woman who had tried to speed away likely knowing they wanted to seize her vehicle. Police had been ordered to impound her car, activists say, because of...

Iran police shot woman while trying to seize car over hijab violation, activists say

The Independent

Rioters could spend less time behind bars amid efforts to cut prison overcrowding.The Government confirmed those involved in recent unrest will not be excluded from its plans to release some inmates from jail early, after serving 40% of their sentence.It comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly warned those involved in the violence they will feel the “full force of the law”.Conservative shadow justice secretary Edward Argar said those convicted after the disorder should face “tough sentences” and it was “deeply concerning” they could “benefit from less time spent behind bars” as he called for the Government to “urgently...

Rioters could serve less time behind bars amid bid to cut prison overcrowding

A mother of two has been left paraplegic after being shot by Iranian police over an alleged violation of the country's strict hijab rules, a source with knowledge of the case has told the BBC. "She is paralysed from the waist down, and doctors have said it will take months...

Iranian woman paralysed after being shot over hijab

Police urge the public to stop circulating the video and remain calm as they investigate.

Video of alleged gang-rape sparks uproar in Tanzania

California State

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

Nevada State

Ely, NV

CBS News

Three inmates have died and nine others were transported for medical treatment as a result of an "altercation" on Tuesday at a maximum-security prison in a rural mining city in eastern Nevada, the state's Department of Corrections said.No officers were injured and the department gave no additional details about how the deaths and injuries occurred in Ely, Nevada. The department did not release the names of any of the inmates that died or the conditions of those injured.CBS affiliate KLAS-TV has learned the altercation appeared to stem from a feud between two rival gangs and there are concerns about possible...

3 inmates killed, 9 injured in "altercation" at maximum-security prison

 An inmate who was involved in the fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison has been sentenced to more than four years behind bars.Massachusetts gangster Paul J DeCologero was sentenced in federal court on Thursday after pleading guilty to an assault charge. He could have faced up to 10 years in prison.DeCologero was already serving a 25-year sentence handed down in 2006 after he was convicted of buying heroin used to try to kill a teenage girl.Prosecutors originally alleged that, along with fellow inmate Fotios “Freddy” Geas, DeCologero used a lock attached...

Inmate jailed over violent prison killing of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Mississippi State

Parchman, MS

NBC News

Inside the sole unit without air conditioning at Mississippi’s largest prison, inmates hang wet sheets from their cell ceilings to dampen the air and lay drenched towels strategically across their bodies. A temporary reprieve comes from scoops of ice handed out twice a day. As punishing heat spreads across...

Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison

Tennessee State

Irish Star

Alyssia Moulton, 34, is suing Southern Health Partners who are the medical provider for the lockup facility in Tennessee, along with a number of other defendants

Tennessee woman 'forced to give birth alone in prison toilet' after stint in solitary confinement

Orange County, CA

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Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Utah State

Knewz

Taberon Honie, a Native American belonging to the Hopi tribe, ended his 25-year stint on Utah’s death row with a simple last meal. Knewz.com has learned that the 48-year-old father of one merely opted for a basic cheeseburger with French fries, and a milkshake. In the last minutes of August 8, Honie took his final […]

Utah Death Row Inmate Gorged on Cheeseburger, French Fries, and a Milkshake Before Lethal Injection

Angola, LA

The Associated Press

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback. He said breaks were short and infrequent, with nothing to protect workers from the heat. “I saw guys...

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

Salt Lake City, UT

Utah has now ended its decade-long execution hiatus after an inmate was put to death for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s mother.Taberon Dave Honie died by lethal injection early on Thursday morning at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City. In his final words, the 48-year-old said: “If it needs to be done for them to heal, let’s do this.” “If they tell you you can’t change, don’t listen to them. To all my brothers and sisters in here, continue to change. I love you all. Take care.”When the executioner then administered two doses of the lethal drug...

Utah carries out first execution since 2010 as inmate put to death for murder of ex-girlfriend’s mother

The Guardian

Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses

‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates

The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more than 1,400 deaths have been attributed to the virus on the continent since the start of 2022.

Africa's top health body sounds alarm over mpox outbreak

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Utah News Dispatch

In his own words, Taberon Honie “exists” in prison.  The death row inmate, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Aug. 8 for the gruesome rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend’s mother, compared himself to fertilizer, “helping things grow.” He’s changed over two decades of incarceration, he argued, earning his diploma and […]
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A death row inmate’s plea: ‘Would you allow me to exist?’

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Guards beat female inmates at Iran's Evin prison as they protest executions

Guards beat female inmates in clashes that erupted at Tehran's Evin prison following a spate of executions, the family of jailed Nobel peace prize winner Narges...

Guards beat female inmates at Iran's Evin prison as they protest executions

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