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Minnesota jail sued for ‘torture’ of inmate held without food or water in cell for nearly 60 hours
1 week, 6 days ago

Minnesota jail sued for ‘torture’ of inmate held without food or water in cell for nearly 60 hours

The Independent  

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Anmol Bishnoi lodged at US county prison: Officials
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1 month ago

Anmol Bishnoi lodged at US county prison: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi was arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is currently lodged at Pottawattamie County Jail in Iowa, according to the information gathered by HT. The ICE detainee’s information seen by HT states that Anmol Bishnoi, an Indian national, is lodged in Pottawattamie County jail — also known as “Squirrel Cage Jail” — …

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TikTok star arrested in Texas after therapist’s body was found murdered and wrapped in a tarp 400 miles away
2 months, 2 weeks ago

TikTok star arrested in Texas after therapist’s body was found murdered and wrapped in a tarp 400 miles away

The Independent  

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Indian-American Judge indicted for misrepresenting himself to influence election outcome
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian-American Judge indicted for misrepresenting himself to influence election outcome

New Indian Express  

HOUSTON: Fort Bend County Judge KP George was on Thursday evening booked into jail following his indictment by a grand jury for misrepresenting himself online to influence the outcome of his election. According to Fort Bend County judicial records, George was booked at 7.17 pm on a misdemeanour charge connected to a social media scheme aimed at swaying voters. Earlier …

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Notorious Green River serial killer is transferred to local jail from maximum security prison — and nobody will say why
3 months, 1 week ago

Notorious Green River serial killer is transferred to local jail from maximum security prison — and nobody will say why

The Independent  

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Inside Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Garcia's 'rocky' relationship - including a 'bad fight' before their wedding - as he's arrested for domestic battery
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Garcia's 'rocky' relationship - including a 'bad fight' before their wedding - as he's arrested for domestic battery

Daily Mail  

Artem Chigvintsev was arrested and booked in Napa County Jail on Thursday on a felony domestic charge - only three days after celebrating his second wedding anniversary with Nikki Garcia. Artem Chigvintsev, 42, was arrested and booked in Napa County Jail on Thursday on a felony domestic charge - only three days after celebrating his second wedding anniversary with Nikki …

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Georgia lawmakers say the top solution to jail problems is for officials to work together
4 months ago

Georgia lawmakers say the top solution to jail problems is for officials to work together

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate committee says more cooperation among county officials would improve conditions in Fulton County’s jail, but it also called on the city of Atlanta to hand over all of its former jail to the county to house prisoners. “I think it’s a bit too early to tell how we’re going to come up to the 2025 …

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What exactly is Prop. 47? And how could California voters change it this year?
4 months, 1 week ago

What exactly is Prop. 47? And how could California voters change it this year?

LA Times  

An inmate leans out the bars of his cell at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. Proposition 47 reclassified some felony crimes and made it so individuals who commit certain nonviolent drug and property crimes, including shoplifting where merchandise under $950 was stolen and simple drug possession, would be sentenced on misdemeanor charges instead of felony charges. But …

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Indiana couple left their kids locked in 125-degree car for 40 minutes as they shopped at Walmart, cops say
6 months ago

Indiana couple left their kids locked in 125-degree car for 40 minutes as they shopped at Walmart, cops say

The Independent  

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Mother and grandmother detailed sickening abuse in Facebook messages leading up to 5-year-old girl’s death
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mother and grandmother detailed sickening abuse in Facebook messages leading up to 5-year-old girl’s death

The Independent  

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Sheriff faces questions from Arkansas lawmakers over Netflix series filmed at county jail
7 months, 1 week ago

Sheriff faces questions from Arkansas lawmakers over Netflix series filmed at county jail

Associated Press  

— Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday raised questions about a sheriff’s decision to allow a Netflix documentary series to be filmed at the county jail, with one critic saying the move exploited inmates. Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins defended the decision to allow the series, “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” to be filmed at the county jail. “For most of the people …

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Dispute over criminal jurisdiction flares in Oklahoma between tribal police, jailers
1 year ago

Dispute over criminal jurisdiction flares in Oklahoma between tribal police, jailers

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A dispute erupted this week between police officers from the Muscogee Nation and jailers in a small eastern Oklahoma county that led to one jailer facing a battery charge in tribal court. Kevin Stitt has been a frequent critic of expanded tribal sovereignty and of the landmark 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision that determined state prosecutors lack …

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State regulators find mold, broken toilets, missing fire safety records in L.A. County jails
1 year ago

State regulators find mold, broken toilets, missing fire safety records in L.A. County jails

LA Times  

State regulators found several concerns in a report on the Los Angeles County jails, including the Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A. When state regulators showed up to inspect Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in September they found broken toilets, moldy towels, rodent droppings and cell gates that wouldn’t lock. In an emailed statement on Thursday, the L.A. …

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Texas attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced papers to inmates in county jail
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced papers to inmates in county jail

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A Texas attorney has been accused of using work-related visits to a county jail to smuggle in legal paperwork laced with ecstasy and synthetic marijuana to inmates over the past several months, authorities announced Monday. Ronald Lewis, 77, was arrested on Friday after arriving at the Harris County Jail in Houston to visit an inmate, Harris County Sheriff …

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Inmate Killed In Mass Stabbing Incident At Fulton County Jail
1 year, 3 months ago

Inmate Killed In Mass Stabbing Incident At Fulton County Jail

Huff Post  

A sign pointing to Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. via Associated Press At least one incarcerated person was killed and multiple others injured Thursday in an ongoing stabbing incident at Fulton County Jail in Georgia, where former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants were recently booked for conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, an official confirmed. “It is an active …

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Four people held in a problem-plagued jail have died over the span of a month
1 year, 3 months ago

Four people held in a problem-plagued jail have died over the span of a month

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A 34-year-old man who was being held at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta died after he was taken to a hospital. A jail officer doing dinner rounds found Samuel Lawrence unresponsive in his cell at about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday in a news release. Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice …

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From smiling Jenna Ellis to scowling Donald Trump: All of the mug shots from the Georgia arrests
1 year, 3 months ago

From smiling Jenna Ellis to scowling Donald Trump: All of the mug shots from the Georgia arrests

The Independent  

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From smiling Jenna Ellis to scowling Donald Trump: All of the mug shots from the Georgia arrests
1 year, 3 months ago

From smiling Jenna Ellis to scowling Donald Trump: All of the mug shots from the Georgia arrests

The Independent  

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Trump and all 18 others charged in Georgia election case meet the deadline to surrender at jail
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump and all 18 others charged in Georgia election case meet the deadline to surrender at jail

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia on charges that they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election have all turned themselves in to a jail in Atlanta before the deadline at noon Friday. Federal court records from Maryland show Floyd, identified as a …

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Donald Trump hands himself in at Fulton County Jail over Georgia election indictment
1 year, 3 months ago

Donald Trump hands himself in at Fulton County Jail over Georgia election indictment

ABC  

Donald Trump has handed himself in to authorities at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, for processing over his fourth indictment. Key points: Donald Trump flew to Atlanta to be arrested over an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia Before his arrival, his lawyers had negotiated the conditions of his immediate release, including $312,000 bail …

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Rudolph Giuliani, Sidney Powell surrender to Fulton County jail in Trump election case
1 year, 4 months ago

Rudolph Giuliani, Sidney Powell surrender to Fulton County jail in Trump election case

LA Times  

Rudolph W. Giuliani arrives in Georgia to surrender to authorities in response to his indictment in the 2020 presidential election case. Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani surrendered at a Fulton County, Ga., jail Wednesday following an indictment handed down last week in connection with attempts to overturn the 2020 election. He was indicted with former President Trump and …

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Family of man who died in bedbug-infested cell in Georgia jail reaches settlement with county
1 year, 4 months ago

Family of man who died in bedbug-infested cell in Georgia jail reaches settlement with county

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Fulton County has reached a settlement with the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in the county jail’s psychiatric wing, the family’s lawyers said Thursday. Attorneys Ben Crump and Michael Harper, who represent Thompson’s family, said in a news release Thursday that the family has reached settlements with the county “and other unidentified …

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Joe Francis On Girls Gone Wild’s Stunning Rise And Fall
1 year, 7 months ago

Joe Francis On Girls Gone Wild’s Stunning Rise And Fall

Huff Post  

For women, culture is split into two eras: before you could flash your breasts on camera during spring break for a modicum of fame, and after. “It’s Kafkaesque.” The allegations were that Francis had filmed several minors in town while his company was gathering footage for Girls Gone Wild. “I didn’t do anything wrong.” If you appeared in a Girls …

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Georgia inmates plead to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: help us with our horrible jail conditions, too
1 year, 7 months ago

Georgia inmates plead to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: help us with our horrible jail conditions, too

Raw Story  

The Whitfield County Jail, in Dalton, Georgia — in the heart of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional district — offers the “Turtle Suite.” It’s a small, padded cell that guards put inmates in after stripping off their clothes. “If they don’t feel like doing their job, they find the littlest thing to lock us down in our rooms all …

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