Deputy Charged With Murder Knelt on Inmate’s Back, Affidavit Says

A recently released affidavit relates new details about the July death in a Kansas jail of a man with medical problems who was handcuffed and face down on a bunk.

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Georgia Inmate Gets 80-Year Sentence for Mailing Bombs

The bombs were mailed from a state prison to the Department of Justice and a federal court. The inmate tried to exchange information on the plot for accommodations, prosecutors said in court filings.

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Four NY Prison Officers Plead Guilty to Manslaughter in Taped Beating

Robert Brooks, an inmate of Marcy prison, was forced onto an infirmary examination table and kicked and punched to death. Four officers who rejected plea deals will face trial beginning Oct. 6.

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‘People Are Losing Hope’: Suicide Risk Is Rife in ICE Detention Centers

Immigrant detainees are not receiving proper mental health care, lawyers and advocacy groups say, and reports of suicide attempts are persistent.

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3 Workers at Rikers Are Suspended After Another Man Dies in Custody

The death of the 29-year-old, who was found in his cell after midnight, is the latest of several at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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