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California's inmate firefighter crews are dwindling just as the state starts to burn
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA Cal Fire inmate crew returns after overnight duty helping fight a fire in the Redlands area in...
Alabama grants Muslim death row inmate’s wish to forgo autopsy after execution
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlabama will forgo an autopsy on a Muslim death row inmate who sued the state, saying the procedure...
Troubled youth prison is now most violent jail in England, watchdog says
Sky News via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoA troubled youth offenders institution is now the most violent prison in England after a "dramatic"...
Inmate calls for more information after asbestos halts construction work on Labrador prison
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFollowing the discovery of asbestos at the Labrador Correctional Centre, halting construction work...
Inmates escape Niger prison holding militants
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNiger’s interior ministry said it had ordered search units to be on alert after inmates escaped on Thursday from the high-security Koutoukale prison...
Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca found safe after being reported missing
LA Times via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoToward the end of his tenure, the department was engulfed in a scandal that ultimately landed him...
Alabama death row inmate asks for no autopsy after execution due to his religion
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA death row inmate in Alabama is asking the state not to perform an autopsy on his body after his...
As inmates swelter, California prisons remain unprepared for extreme heat
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAn inmate is seen in her cell in the reception center at the Central California Women's Facility in...
Brooklyn federal jail ignores inmate’s lung cancer diagnosis in latest medical mess
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNEW YORK — Staff at Brooklyn’s troubled Metropolitan Detention Center ignored an inmate’s cancer diagnosis for months, letting a mass in his lungs grow to double its size ...
Former guards and inmate families urge lawmakers to fix Wisconsin prisons
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe hearing came two weeks after a guard was killed at the state's youth prison and a month after...