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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· 4 days agoAlabama will forgo an autopsy on a Muslim death row inmate who sued the state, saying the procedure...
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...
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· 7 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 ...
Alabama death row inmate asks for no autopsy after execution due to his religion
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA death row inmate in Alabama is asking the state not to perform an autopsy on his body after his...
Former guards and inmate families urge lawmakers to fix Wisconsin prisons
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe hearing came two weeks after a guard was killed at the state's youth prison and a month after...
Five inmates, three guards killed in Mogadishu prison break shootout
AFP News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFive inmates said to be from Somalia's Al-Shabaab jihadist group and three guards were killed in a...
Justice Secretary to reveal plan to deal with ‘catastrophic’ prison overcrowding
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(Joe Giddens/PA) For the prison system to run smoothly and effectively, officials ideally want to...