Jail and Corrections

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (213+ words) The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector general’s report. Some immigrants detained at Florida’s now-shuttered “Alligator Alcatraz” were confined…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (767+ words) Bruce Davis, who was Charles Manson’s so-called “right-hand man,” died in a California prison hospital late last week at the age of 83, corrections officials said Monday. Davis was pronounced dead by a registered nurse at the California Medical Facility in…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (407+ words) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently denied to review an appeal filed by Roberto Torner, who was convicted by a Luzerne County jury in the first-degree murder of Jose “Pepe” Herran in Foster Township more than a decade ago. Torner, 53, formerly…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago   (392+ words) Devon Alexander Shalmi being held on $3M bond. A 42-year-old man is accused of running a $3 million illegal online sports betting and money laundering operation after a year-long investigation by Palm Beach and Broward counties' sheriff's offices. Devon Alexander Shalmi, whose…...

17+ hour, 39+ min ago   (432+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A woman died Saturday after corrections deputies found her unresponsive in her cell at Jail East, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. SCSO said deputies found 43-year-old Beverly Turnage around 2:50 p.m. and immediately began lifesaving measures until the Memphis…...

20+ hour, 58+ min ago   (161+ words) 14 Sep 2026 | BY Dhanushka Dharmapriya There are currently no provisions to release elderly inmates from prison even when they have become physically weak and are unable to care for themselves, the Prisons Department stated. Acting Prisons Commissioner General Prasad Hemantha Kumara…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (675+ words) Recommending a long term behind bars, federal prosecutors described Connecticut's former top school construction official Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis as a calculating betrayer of the public trust. However, Diamantis himself is requesting a much lighter sentence that includes no prison time....

1+ day, 9+ min ago   (401+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Steve McBee Sr., a Missouri-based farmer known for his role in a popular reality TV series, has been released from prison after serving two years for a multi-million-dollar federal crop insurance scheme. The patriarch of the…...

21+ hour, 19+ min ago   (216+ words) vtstatepolice.blogspot.com STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE CASE#: 26A4009491 RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Gruenewald STATION: St Johnsbury Barracks CONTACT#: 802-748-3111 DATE/TIME: 09/12/2026 at 1702 hours INCIDENT LOCATION: Corinth, VT VIOLATION: Fugitive from Justice, Operating…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago   (97+ words) CASTINE -- If you were near the water in Castine this weeken… BELFAST -- A volley of rifle shots and the playing of taps m… Mountain View correctional Facility In Charleston, Maine. File. CHARLESTON -- An 83-year-old inmate at Mountain View Correctional Facility…...