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Virginia lawmakers voice concerns over state’s lone youth prison
Lawmakers claim they've received reports from parents and advocates of prolonged lockdowns, solitary confinement and a lack ...
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A 3 year legal saga over an inmate's death has its final day in court
NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in ...
NC Court of Appeals reverses order to transfer transgender inmate to women’s prison
A North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling has reversed a Wake County judge’s order allowing a transgender woman inmate to be ...
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Inmate death confirmed at Mount Olive
The state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation released ... and WV DCR is actively pursuing charges against another inmate. “The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...
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Death of inmate at Mount Olive leads to investigation, employees placed on leave
(WCHS) — Multiple employees have been placed on leave and charges are pending after an inmate ... in West Virginia, state officials said. The death occurred at Mount Olive Correctional Center ...
A second person on South Carolina’s death row has chosen to be executed by firing squad
Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad. He is only the second person in the state to choose to die this way since ...
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Convicted murderer accused of killing wife in northern California prison during visit
A California inmate convicted ... visit at a prison in November, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. David Brinson killed 62-year-old Stephanie Brinson at Mule Creek State Prison ...