Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...
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For 3 Years, Theatre Y Documented Life for a Group of Men Inside Stateville Prison. A New Film Shares Their Stories
We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...
Joliet shooting: Second man charged after street found littered with shell casings
A second Joliet man, Ryan Gooch, 19, has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month on Youngs Avenue. Gooch faces ...
Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons
When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.
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Ex-Stateville inmates sent to medium-security prisons despite violent records, data shows
Out of roughly 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder. Another hundred are serving time for other violent offenses. Yet ...
Illinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...
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Cell growth articles from across Nature Portfolio
RTCB is required for the splicing of both tRNA and XBP1 mRNA, whereas the DDX1 enzymatic activity is specifically required for tRNA splicing in vivo. Snaebjornsson et al. explore a selective ...
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Paper Mail Is Seen as a Source for Drugs in Illinois Prisons. How Is It Tracked?
Correctional workers and Republican lawmakers have said exposure to synthetic cannabinoids in IDOC facilities has led to ...
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Joliet shooting: 18-year-old suspect arrested on multiple charges
Giovanni Simpson, 18, was arrested Friday at his workplace in Channahon in connection with a Jan. 18 shooting in Joliet. He faces charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated ...
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Old Prisons Are Being Converted Into Stylish Apartments (Really)
It wasn’t until she was signing the lease agreement that someone said, “Did you know this is an old prison?” Indeed, the development, now called Liberty, had a former life as the Lorton ...
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Mock-up prison cell at new Mawar Community Services Hub to help rehabilitate ex-offenders
It has a mock-up prison cell, to be used as part of a therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation programme for ex-offenders to reflect in. The cell is also open to the public to show just how ...
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Harold Shipman's 'Monster Mansion' prison cell 'haunted' after Dr Death's suicide
The cell where Harold Shipman was held in a top security prison was said to be 'haunted' after his suicide in the 'Monster Mansion'. He had been moved into Wakefield Prison's cell D336 ...