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Violence on the decline in MS prisons, but some say "inhumane" conditions still exist
Afterward, he visited the vacant Unit 29, where much of the violence took place, and he hired Cain, the former head of the ...
mississippitoday.org10d
Have Mississippi’s prisons turned a corner on their gruesome past?
Gov. Reeves said Louisiana's infamous Angola prison under Burl Cain went from "beatings to Bible studies." What has he done ...
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Lawsuit filed over murderer’s stabbing death at North Kern State Prison
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NOLA.com14d
‘Freedom inside your mind’: Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin shares poetry in prisons
As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s acting ...
Times Union19d
Videos released of man’s fatal beating at Marcy state prison
ALBANY — Body camera footage released Friday provides a graphic portrayal of the unprovoked and vicious beating of an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County on Dec. 9 ...
The Baltimore Sun20d
AG releases video showing inmate allegedy being beaten before dying at NY state prison
New York Attorney General Letitia James released body-worn camera video Friday from Marcy Correctional Facility showing officers allegedly beating an inmate who died the next day. Video from Dec ...
syracuse.com20d
NY’s attorney general to speak today about death of inmate at Marcy state prison
At noon on Friday, James will speak about the body camera footage that shows several New York state prison guards holding Robert L. Brooks, 43, while they punched and kicked him in the groin and ...
WGNO20d
New Orleans priest recently convicted of sex crimes dies at correctional center
All charges to which he pleaded guilty on Dec. 3. He was reportedly on his way to serve his sentence at Angola State Penitentiary but did not make it. “Lawrence Hecker choked out and raped a ...
Al Jazeera English20d
At least 6,000 inmates escape from Mozambique jail: What we know
Some 6,000 prisoners broke free from a high-security prison in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Wednesday, according to police authorities, as weeks-long post-election violence continues to rock ...
The Caledonian Record20d
Vt. Father Sentenced For Crash That Killed Daughters Seeks Prison Release
A Vermont father and repeat offender sentenced in February to 3 to 7 years in New Hampshire State Prison for the fatal crash in Littleton that killed his two young daughters could be eligible for ...
Associated Press20d
6,000 inmates escape from a high-security prison as post-election violence roils Mozambique
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mozambique’s police chief has said that at least 6,000 inmates have escaped from a high-security prison in ...
Columbus Dispatch20d
Guards' union wants DeWine to suspend prisons director and warden during investigation
The state prison guards union is asking Gov. Mike DeWine to suspend his prisons director and the Ross Correctional Institution warden pending the investigation of a guard's death at the facility ...