Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an inmate has a deadly mixture of drugs injected into them as they are strapped to ...
New York governor accedes to prison guard demands to loosen restrictions on solitary confinement
The main feature of the tentative agreement involves the suspension of regulations, under the Humane Alternatives to ...
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ICE awards $1B contract to private prison firm for major immigrant detention center
Ariana Figueroa, Wisconsin Examiner February 27, 2025 WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a ...
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WNY Corrections Officers on strike receive termination texts, voicemails
New York State is increasing pressure on striking corrections officers at Attica Correctional Facility, threatening ...
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Advances in DNA evidence finally nab soldier who stabbed fellow soldier in barracks more than 20 years ago
A soldier who evaded arrest after stabbing a fellow soldier in her barracks room at Fort Cavazos more than two decades ago ...
Trump supporter faces possible prison time in case associated with Jan. 6
Abigail Shry, who pleaded guilty to threatening the judge handling President Trump's Jan. 6 criminal case, is scheduled to be ...
N.Y. State Police Investigate Death of Another Inmate at Upstate Prison
A 22-year-old inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y., died Saturday. Nine inmates said he was viciously ...
Inmate at Utica-area prison dies after being taken to the hospital
The inmate was taken early Saturday from Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County to an outside hospital, according ...
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NY prison chief warns striking officers: Return to work or lose health care
A recent agreement included key concessions for workers, such as increased overtime pay and a review of staffing shortages.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Dion Myers, a first in her tenure
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...
Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says
Tension between the United States and Ukraine, laid bare in the Oval Office meeting of Trump and Zelensky, is seen in Moscow ...
‘A line that can’t be crossed’: Elizabeth Holmes’ prosecutor on her fraud case, and lessons for Silicon Valley
Holmes, 41, was convicted in January 2022 on four counts of felony fraud, for defrauding investors in her now-defunct Palo ...