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Rylee Kirk
2025-08-19 21:01:51
United States
Texas

Manhunt Underway After Texas Jail Mistakenly Releases Inmate

The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone prematurely this year.

Hurubie Meko
2025-08-18 18:02:03
United States
Suits and Litigation ( Civil)

New York Prisons Accused of Defying Judge on Solitary Confinement

The illegal practices continued despite a judge’s order last year that corrections officials follow state law on the issue, a civil liberties group said in a court filing.

Neil Vigdor
2025-08-13 21:01:48
United States
Deaths ( Fatalities)

4 Inmates Are Killed in Less Than a Month at Nevada Prisons, State Says

The homicides appear to be unrelated, according to prison officials, who said that drugs were believed to have been a contributing factor.

Shaila Dewan And Lena Mucha For The New York Times
2025-07-25 15:01:32
Germany
Berlin ( Germany)

States Look to Europe to Improve U.S. Prison Conditions

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates.

Michael Levenson
2025-07-11 21:01:26
United States
Prison Escapes

2 Arkansas Prison Workers Are Fired in Wake of Convicted Murderer’s Escape

The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform, officials said.

Michael Levenson
2025-07-11 00:01:08
United States
Deaths ( Fatalities)

Four Ex-Jail Officers Are Sentenced in Death of West Virginia Inmate

The former officers, who brutally beat a 37-year-old man, received prison terms ranging from three years to more than two decades.

Taylor Robinson
2025-07-04 00:02:07
United States
Drug Abuse and Traffic

A Lawyer Was Wrongly Charged With Bringing Drug-Laced Papers Into Rikers

The Correction Department said Bernardo Caceres’s papers tested positive for THC, a cannabinoid. Then officials tested the papers again.

Taylor Robinson
2025-06-14 03:02:12
United States
New York City

Public Defender Is Charged With Smuggling THC-Laced Paper Into Rikers

Bernardo Caceres was at New York City’s jail complex to meet with a client when an envelope he had drew the attention of a Correction Department dog, officials said.