CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire authorities say an escaped inmate with tattoos covering his shaved head, face, neck, chest, arm and hands has been arrested in Pennsylvania, three days after he failed to return to a halfway house. The U.S. Marshals’ New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force says 42-year-old Eric Judkins was found at … Continue reading
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — The Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office has concluded that a 19-year-old man who was found dead at the city jail killed himself. Lt. Col. David Hackworth of the Sheriff’s Office tells local media that at 5:45 p.m. on Feb. 24, deputies found Joseph Darnell Palmer hanging from a bedsheet in his cell. Jail … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia medical examiner says a 60-year-old jail inmate died of a perforated stomach ulcer two days after he was denied medical care. Donna Price of the Norfolk medical examiner’s office tells The Daily Press (http://bit.ly/2e0Z38n ) that Henry Stewart experienced a “natural death,” and declined to elaborate. Stewart died at the Hampton Roads Regional … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says she has asked Virginia State Police for additional investigative work into the death of a mentally ill inmate at a Portsmouth jail last year. Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales’ office says it received a preliminary report Tuesday, August 31, from Virginia State Police, which is conducting a … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says she has asked Virginia State Police for additional investigative work into the death of a mentally ill inmate at a Portsmouth jail last year. Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales’ office says it received a preliminary report Tuesday from Virginia State Police, which is conducting a criminal investigation … Continue reading
The United States has the largest reported inmate population in the world, with more than 2 million men and women serving time in state and federal prisons and in local jails. Millions more are on probation or parole. And yet few organizations advocate on their behalf. And fewer still actually work with those in the … Continue reading
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is closing its notorious 18th-century prison where sensational political killings over decades have targeted people on both sides of the South Asian country’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. The government wants to reopen the old, dilapidated Dhaka Central Jail as a museum to its tumultuous past, while giving its … Continue reading
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — No last-day appeals were filed as a Texas inmate condemned for the shotgun slaying of a suburban Dallas liquor store clerk was moved to a small holding cell outside the death chamber to await his Tuesday evening execution. Gustavo Garcia refused to eat breakfast, but did visit with family members and … Continue reading
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A death row inmate’s last meal request for a six pack of beer has been denied. The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release that Marcus Ray Johnson’s request was denied because alcohol is a contraband item. Instead, Johnson will receive the same meal as other inmates — baked … Continue reading
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — The latest on the confusion over Oklahoma’s supply of lethal injection drugs, which prompted Gov. Mary Fallin to issue a last-minute execution stay for Richard Glossip (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Oklahoma’s attorney general says the state should delay all scheduled executions while it reviews how it received the wrong drug … Continue reading
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan is willing to swap an Iraqi woman prisoner involved in deadly 2005 hotel bombings for a Jordanian pilot captured in December by extremists from the Islamic State group, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Such a swap would run counter to Jordan’s hardline approach toward Islamic militants and to the position … Continue reading
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