[ad_1] By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) – The penitentiary system in Pennsylvania is about to settle a lawsuit by agreeing to provide an expensive treatment regimen to a prescription …
Read More »Inmates at "Whitey" Bulger Prison were known to use padlocks as weapons
[ad_1] Last month, the Federal Bureau of Prisons was urged to remove combination locks from all cells of USP Hazelton, West Virginia Prison where the famous Boston gangster, James "Whitey" Bulger, was …
Read More »Kentucky police looking for one of two inmates who escaped jail in trash cans
[ad_1] Jeremy Hunt, left, is still free on Monday after Justin Stumler was captured by Louisville police. (Louisville Metro Police Service) Kentucky police are still looking Monday for one of two inmates …
Read More »Three Kentucky inmates help two men escape from prison in garbage cans, police
[ad_1] LOUISVILLE, KY. – Three inmates at a Kentucky jail were accused of helping two inmates escape prison in garbage cans, WDRB reported. >> Read more new trends According to the authorities, …
Read More »Kentucky inmates escape prison by hiding in garbage cans still on the run
[ad_1] Share this story! Inform your friends on your social network of what you read. Inmates escape from prison by hiding in garbage cans. The police are looking for them Justin Stumler …
Read More »A convicted prisoner kills another in one of the few death row inmates at San Quentin Prison
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, California – A convicted prisoner has killed another Friday, the first murder of a death row in California for more than 20 years, officials said. Jonathan Fajardo, 30, was stabbed …
Read More »Two inmates after firing near the campus of the Los Angeles Charter School
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES – Two people are in custody after a shooting in Van Nuys, which injured two people and put a charter school nearby, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. …
Read More »Sheriff of Essex County is being prosecuted for refusing inmates drug-assisted opioid treatment
[ad_1] A lawsuit was filed against the Essex County Court House in Middleton and his sheriff for the prison's refusal to provide methadone, a drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction, …
Read More »The ACLU denounces access to methadone for inmates
[ad_1] BOSTON (CN) – The denial of methadone to opioid-addicted inmates is a cruel and unusual punishment, the ACLU said in federal court Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a …
Read More »ACLU challenges prison policy of denying drugs to dependent inmates
[ad_1] By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff September 20, 2018 The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging the county jail's policy of denying prisoners access …
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