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Former Warren County jail guard sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for domestic abuse
Former Warren County corrections officer Stephen Frank was sentenced to up to 25 years in state prison Friday for years of ...
Those closely connected to Wisconsin's prisons react to conviction of former Waupun warden
The former Waupun warden's reduced conviction to a low-level misdemeanor in connection with a prisoner's death has elicited ...
The Montana Standard5d
A letter written on board the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction
In the lettercard, dated April 10, 1912, first-class passenger Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship.
Porterville Recorder5d
Charge against former Wisconsin warden in inmate deaths is reduced to a misdemeanor
Prosecutors have reduced a felony misconduct charge against a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in two inmate deaths ...
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Some AZ state prison units under lockdown over Easter Sunday for safety concerns
The Arizona Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation posted on their website the following units will be on lockdown with no visitation: Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman's Rynning unit ...
KREM16d
Washington state prison libraries could lose staffing, resources under federal cuts
She said the cuts could reduce staffing and the availability of books at the state’s nine prison libraries. “I'm just incredibly worried that that could go away or be compromised or greatly ...
The Hamilton Spectator16d
Florida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two men and wounding at ...
Ventura County Star17d
Driver in wrong-way DUI crash that killed 2 in Ventura sentenced to prison
Kawai sentenced Bouchard to four years in state prison and revoked his driver's license for three years, the docket shows. He was ordered to be taken to Wasco State Prison. Joey Buttitta ...
Columbus Dispatch19d
After decade in prison, former Ohio deputy treasurer to be released from custody
Former Ohio deputy treasurer Amer Ahmad is set ... and Democratic Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray hired Ahmad as the state's chief financial officer. When Cordray became attorney general, Ahmad ...
Los Angeles Times22d
Trump’s new director of federal prison system led a troubled state agency
“It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve the state of West Virginia ... the so-called ‘rape club’ prison in Dublin, where guards and the warden were charged or convicted of sexual ...
Raleigh News & Observer22d
Former Butner prison guard sentenced for violating inmate’s civil rights. Here’s why
The former guard was sentenced in federal court Friday. Google Earth A former lieutenant at a federal prison in Butner was ... court documents state. Further details were not available, with ...
Yahoo23d
County prison warden to retire
POTTSVILLE — Schuylkill County Prison Warden David Wapinsky is retiring. Wapinsky has been the warden since August 2020, when he replaced then-retiring Warden Eugene Berdanier. Both Schuylkill ...