Prisons
Trans people across the country are facing an assault on their right to exist — but being transgender in prison is uniquely difficult.
An attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd says his family has been kept in the dark by federal prison officials.
He claims that prison officers unlawfully accessed his records and that one provided information to Tasha K for her gossip show.
Progressives celebrated a 2019 law meant to reform solitary confinement. But the state’s Department of Corrections doesn’t seem to be following it.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Inmates in the Washington County, Arkansas, jail filed suit in 2021, alleging they'd been given ivermectin under false pretenses.
Billy Chemirmir, 50, was serving life without parole after being convicted of murdering two women, and Texas authorities had accused him of killing more than a dozen others.
A 24-year-old man died at an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive at a jail that is already being investigated by federal authorities for potential civil rights violations.
Danelo Cavalcante, who has been on the run since Thursday, escaped the Chester County Prison the same way that another inmate did earlier this year.
Stillwater prison said the situation was "resolved without incident." Advocates said the inmate action was an impromptu response to unsafe conditions.
Danelo Cavalcante was seen on cameras at around 12:30 a.m. Saturday in Pocopson Township, roughly 1.5 miles from the prison.