US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding
By KERI BLAKINGER - The Marshall Project/Associated Press
In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill…
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Death sentence upheld for killer with gender dysphoria claim
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the death sentence Wednesday for an inmate who argued her attorneys didn’t properly raise in her defense trauma she…
Alabama OKs $725M bond sale to build 2 supersize prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials approved a $725 million bond sale on Thursday to help finance construction of two supersize prisons, housing up to 4,000 inmates…
Tenn governor calls off execution, citing oversight in plan
By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's governor on Thursday called off what was to have been the state's first…
Tennessee plans 1st pandemic-era execution, more scheduled
By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is set to execute its oldest death row inmate Thursday and the first since the…
Tennessee plans 1st COVID-19-era execution, more scheduled
By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is set to execute its first inmate Thursday since the start…
US federal prisons on lockdown after 2 Texas inmates killed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal prison system has been…