State pays $225K to woman who alleged prison guard coerced sexual acts

Levi Gray, a former Coffee Creek Correctional Facility sergeant, used the woman's segregation status as leverage in 2018, the ...

Old Dominion shooter convicted of Islamic State ties released from prison just 2 years before attack

Court documents show less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was released from prison for attempting to aid the ...

N.J. man in prison for murder 20 years ago says arrest warrant was never legally signed

A New Jersey man serving 63 years to life for the murder of a barbershop patron in Ocean County two decades ago has appealed his conviction, claiming a judge did not sign his arrest warrant and that ...
News Tribune

Missouri might need new prison if sentencing overhaul passes, analysis says

Missouri may need to build a new $870-million prison if a Republican-backed sentencing overhaul increases the inmate population as projected, according to a financial analysis of anti-crime ...

JNET detectives arrest four suspects after 'open-air drug use' investigation in Chehalis

Detectives with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) arrested four suspects Tuesday, March 10, following an investigation into "open-air drug use" in Chehalis, according to information ...

Former Maine corrections official plans to plead guilty to theft, accepting bribes

A former state corrections official is expected to plead guilty to theft and accepting a bribe next week. Gerald E. Merrill, 64, of Abbot, was arrested and charged with theft and bribery in July 2023.
Hoodline

Clinton Man Faces State Charges After Knoxville Carjacking

A Clinton man already hit with a massive federal prison term for a chaotic 2023 garbage-truck carjacking is now staring down a fresh round of state charges from the same wild incident, according to ...

Federal agents arrest 12 alleged members of LA's massive 18th Street gang drug trafficking operation

Federal law and order operation targets LA's largest street gang as authorities arrest alleged 18th Street members using ...
WRAL

Fact-check: Did Cooper prison settlement release suspect in fatal Charlotte stabbing?

Some North Carolina Republicans say that the man accused of killing a woman on a Charlotte commuter train last year was released from prison early as part of a 2021 COVID-era settlement between civil ...

Report: Guards smuggled drugs into one of Kentucky's most notorious prisons

Former correctional officers charged with drug trafficking, other offenses for alleged scheme at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex.

Man wanted by ICE identified in federal search warrant; suspect still at large

We now know more about the man who was at the center of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in South ...

Biden freed a Florida man in his final days in office. A year later, the state pressed charges — for the same crime

A convicted felon, whose federal prison sentence was commuted during the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency, was released from custody last month, only to be rearrested for the same crime less than ...