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Mississippi State Hospital gets new maximum security unit
Mississippi State Hospital is hosting a ribbon-cutting and dedication for its new maximum security forensic services unit.The ...
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Louisiana's incarcerated girls return to controversial Ware Youth Center
Girls who are in state custody for committing crimes are being moved back to the Ware Youth Center, a privately-runfacility ...
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.
Violent Illinois inmates from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...
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Jewish Discovery Center to host gangster-turned-Orthodox Jew for annual Shabbat event
At 21 years old, Yehudah Pryce was a gang member facing 24 years in a maximum security California state prison for armed ...
Criminologist Kathryn Whiteley goes face-to-face with killers on death row
As the metal prison doors swing shut behind her, Kathryn Whiteley PhD finds herself staring into the eyes of one of America’s most prolific female killers.
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Arkansas bill would ban slavery or involuntary servitude in the state
There’s language in the Arkansas Constitution that has exceptions for slavery or involuntary servitude, but a bill recently filed in the Arkansas House is looking to erase that.