[ad_1] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with a […]
Tag: Prisons
Judge mulls third contempt case against Arizona for failing to improve prison health care – USREPORT
[ad_1] PHOENIX — A judge presiding over a nearly 12-year-old lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons is considering whether to launch […]
Prisoners with developmental disabilities face unique challenges. One facility is offering solutions – USREPORT
[ad_1] ALBION, Pa. — ALBION, Pa. (AP) — “You are the Lighthouse in someone’s storm,” reads the message above a mural of a sailboat bobbing […]
Mississippi might allow incarcerated people to sue prisons over transgender inmates – usreport.online
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. — A bill before Mississippi lawmakers might allow incarcerated people to sue jails and prisons if they encounter inmates from the opposite […]
Amid fentanyl crisis, Oregon lawmakers propose more funding for opioid addiction medication in jails – usreport.online
[ad_1] PORTLAND, Ore. — Kendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him. Six hours later, in […]
Inmates at Mississippi prison were exposed to dangerous chemicals, denied health care, lawsuit says – usreport.online
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. — Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted […]
Nurse acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2019 death of a 24-year-old California jail inmate – USREPORT
[ad_1] EL CAJON, Calif. — A nurse at a California jail was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the November 2019 death of […]
North Carolina joins an effort to improve outcomes for freed prisoners – USREPORT
[ad_1] RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has joined a nascent nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach […]
HIV-positive inmate died after medicine denial – USREPORT
[ad_1] PLACERVILLE, Calif. — A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being held in a Northern California jail alleges he […]
A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois – usreport.online
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, […]