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Brooklyn bail jumper accused of pushing meth in Putnam County gets 4 years in prison
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (217+ words) Jul 12, 2026, 12:23 PM A 46-year-old Brooklyn man has been sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance and bail jumping, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced. Prosecutors say Michael Carroll fled…...
Attorney General Urges House Action on Second-Degree Murder Sentencing
28+ min ago (441+ words) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that mandatory life sentences for people convicted of second-degree murder, also known as felony murder, are unconstitutional. The ruling is scheduled to take effect July 24. The state Senate passed Senate Bill 1400, which…...
Man dies after becoming unresponsive at Norfolk City Jail, investigation underway
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (262+ words) A 32-year-old man died after he was found unresponsive inside Norfolk City Jail late Friday night, according to Norfolk’s Sheriff’s Office. Dajonthony Lomax was found unresponsive in his cell about 11:17 p.m. Saturday, July 11, while in custody at the jail,…...
Trial set for former pastor, son of late Alabama justice arrested in…
30+ min ago (186+ words) The trial for a former pastor arrested in a child sex sting has been scheduled for September 28 in a Tuscaloosa County court. James Gorman Houston III is charged with electronic solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a minor…...
Woman dies in custody at Contra Costa County jail
47+ min ago (194+ words) A 59-year-old Rio Vista woman was found dead Friday morning in Contra Costa County’s West County Detention Facility in Richmond, the sheriff’s office said. A deputy was conducting safety checks about 12:24 a.m. when she saw the woman with a…...
Maxwell Uses Epstein Files to Challenge Conviction, Claims 29 Associates Got Secret DOJ Deals
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (623+ words) The Eastern Herald Maxwell Uses Epstein Files to Challenge Conviction, Claims 29 Associates Got Secret DOJ Deals NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell spent more than two years helping the Justice Department build the case that put her in prison. Now she is…...
Michigan Releases Prison Autopsy, Transfers Inmate Who Alleged Mold Sickness
1+ hour ago (41+ words) WHMI Michigan Releases Prison Autopsy, Transfers Inmate Who Alleged Mold Sickness Associated Press / [email protected] Explore Other Current Livingston County News Stories Back to WHMI for Complete List of Current News...
RESIDENT DEATH AT SOUTH CENTRAL CORRECTIONAL CENTER
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (86+ words) Ozark Radio News At 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2026, resident Robert Collins, DOC No. 345713, was pronounced dead at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri. Collins was a 65-year-old resident serving a life sentence for one count of second degree murder…...
Made in America: The products of US prison labor are all around us
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (200+ words) By Daniella Zalcman | Originally published by Mississippi Today I spent last summer scouring the South for the products of prison labor in a strange scavenger hunt across small-town America. A freshman’s dorm mattress at Mississippi State University. A Georgia Medicaid…...
WPSO eyes opportunities to build new jail; state provides money to start design process | Latest Stories
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (269+ words) Washington Parish needs a new jail. That is not a recent conclusion — it is one that has been documented, deferred, and handed from one administration to the next for longer than it should have been. This past year, that changed....