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Mississippi State

Meridian, MS

The Mirror US

Emily Lawhead, a spokesperson for Management and Training Corporation, which manages the facility, said Clarence Gillie, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday

Mystery deepens as third inmate found dead in cell this month at Mississippi prison

The Independent

Ernestas Juska, of Dartford, is also charged with committing a sexual offence against a dead woman.

Man, 20, appears in court accused of murdering woman in Dartford

Hawaii State

The couple, who had been dating since January, reportedly went to the same Hawaii high school together

Man drowned girlfriend because she was ‘acting weird,’ then stuffed ball down her throat ‘to fix her jaw,’ cops say

Polk County, FL

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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

Irvine, CA

NewSantaAna

A check from an Irvine business was intercepted from the mail around May 3, according to the Irvine Police Department . This man is suspected of depositing the stolen check into an ATM account. The investigation is ongoing, but it would be helpful to the investigation to identify this suspect.

Man wanted for stealing a $20K check in Irvine and depositing it at an ATM

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

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?’

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

Saint Louis, MO

Black Enterprise

Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in jail for a murder he says he never committed. A man 30 years into a life sentence with parole had his conviction overturned by a Missouri judge. But though he has been ordered to be released, according to the Associated Press, the Michigan prison he is still in has not complied with the order.

Man’s Conviction Overturned But Prison Refuses To Release Him

The prisons ombudsman has called for inmates to have free phone calls to stem rising rates of suicide in prisons.Adrian Usher, who was appointed as Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) last April, has demanded an overhaul of the prison telephone system after an inmate took their life every three and a half days in England and Wales last year.In an article published on the PPO website, he said standard practice currently sees inmates pay for calls by the minute, using money earned working in prison. They are among the worst-paid workers in the country, with inmates earning between £15 and...

Call for prison inmates to have free phone contracts to reduce suicides

North Carolina State

North Carolina officials say a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a transport van this week has been captured at a hotel

Prisoner serving life for murder who escaped in North Carolina has been caught, authorities say

Missouri State

Law & Crime

A St. Louis, Missouri, judge vacated Christopher Dunn’s murder conviction on Monday and ordered that the man, who has spent 34 years behind bars, should be released from custody “immediately.” However, despite the finding that Dunn was wrongfully convicted, he is still incarcerated — making him the second inmate in two weeks to have been […]
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Missouri prison refuses to release exonerated inmate as attorney general fights against judge who ruled the man innocent

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

California State

Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment

Peter Thiel, eccentric billionaire patron of JD Vance, says he is thinking about leaving the US

Video of the assault appears to show Christian Dingus, 28, being shoved and punched in the head by Shake Shack workers

Gay man says he was assaulted by Shake Shack workers after kissing boyfriend in line

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A local Walmart employee was recently arrested on a misdemeanor charge after allegedly stealing over $60 worth of merchandise from the store. Additionally, she faced a felony charge after officers discovered suspected methamphetamine in her locker during the arrest.

Douglas Walmart Employee Arrested for Methamphetamine Possession and Shoplifting

A boy died after becoming unwell at Flip Out in Rutherglen on Sunday.

Trampoline park offers condolences after death of 10-year-old

Nebraska State

From sharing a classroom in a Nebraska high school to joining Kamala Harris on the pre-Democratic National Convention bus tour, Tim and Gwen Walz have always worked in close proximity

Tim Walz’s wife Gwen shares story of how they met as they join Harris on pre-DNC bus tour

Nottinghamshire Police said a post-mortem found the woman died of natural causes.

Arrest for preventing lawful burial after woman’s body discovered in bungalow attic

Registration has begun under President Joe Biden’s offer of a path to citizenship to spouses of U.S. citizens without having to first leave the country

US starts citizenship program for migrant spouses, but some are left out

The Government has decided not to offer financial support to the troubled Belfast shipbuilder over concerns of losing public money.

PM says financial support for Harland & Wolff ‘under review’

The previous government brought in an early release scheme in a bid to cut prison overcrowding.

Criminals reoffending after being freed early from jail – watchdog

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