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WEB2 days ago · by Matt Clarke. When detainee Reynaldo Ramos, 55, was found unresponsive in his Robert Pressley Detention Center cell in California’s Riverside County on April 16, 2024, efforts to resuscitate him failed, and he was pronounced dead. He had been arrested on drug trafficking charges 10 days earlier.
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · Signed by 14 people incarcerated in one of the highest-security federal prisons in the country, the letter was an urgent warning for prison officials: Several corrections officers were trying...
Federal prisons remain locked down from coast to coast after …
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · The nationwide lockdown affecting 122 prisons continued Tuesday after two inmates involved in a clash at the U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont died in Monday's violence, officials say.
MDC Brooklyn: A glimpse inside the prison Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
WEB1 day ago · In June, one inmate awaiting trial on gun charges, Uriel Whyte, was stabbed to death by another inmate, according to a Bureau of Prisons news release. A month later, inmate Edwin Cordero died in a ...
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of ... - Associated Press News
WEBJul 25, 2024 · President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption and abuse in the prison system.
Overdose Deaths Up By 600% In State Prisons : NPR
WEBJul 15, 2021 · Prisons and jails in the United States have been increasingly deadly places in recent years, according to new federal data. But one cause of death has climbed most dramatically: overdoses.
Inside the Bureau of Prisons, a federal agency plagued by ... - CBS News
WEBJun 16, 2024 · The United States federal prison system has 158,000 inmates in its custody and locks up some of the most dangerous and high-profile criminals in the world. Serial killers and terrorists are among...
Two inmates killed in fight at Oklahoma prison, more than 30 …
WEBMay 12, 2024 · Two inmates were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a massive brawl at an Oklahoma prison, leading to a lockdown, a pause in visitations and renewed calls for reforms aimed at curbing...
New Rule Makes Thousands of Federal Inmates Eligible for Release
WEBJan 13, 2022 · WASHINGTON — Thousands of federal inmates will become eligible for release this week under a rule the Justice Department published on Thursday that allows more people to participate in a program...
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