Judge: Mich. prison system should recognize Nation of Gods as religion; state says it’s riskyDETROIT — Is the Nation of Gods and Earths/Five Percent a religion or something less than heavenly? Gunmen kill 4 Guatemalan prison officials in apparent retaliation for prison crackdownGUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan police say four prison officials have been shot to death in three separate attacks that authorities believe are retaliation for a jail crackdown. Inmates prayed, prepared for death, as 2 officers drove into the fire to save mountaintop campLOS ANGELES — As he reached the door of the chow hall, Henry Navarro looked to his right and uttered an expletive. Then he looked to his left and spat out an even stronger one. Federal judges deny California’s request seeking to delay ruling on reducing inmate populationSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A special judicial panel denied a motion Thursday by the Schwarzenegger administration that sought to delay an order requiring California to reduce its prison population. 18-year-old sentenced to prison, will serve 3 months in Vermont’s first ’sexting’ caseBURLINGTON, Vt. — An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday in Vermont’s first “sexting” case, in which he allegedly directed two teenage girls to videotape or photograph themselves performing sex acts and send him the results. Corrections officials try out cell phone detection technology in closed Maryland prisonANNAPOLIS, Md. — Officials from five states observed tests on cell phone detection technology at a closed Maryland prison on Thursday, as states are taking a greater interest in finding ways to halt violence orchestrated by inmates behind prison walls. California town where girl allegedly held for years is no stranger to sex offendersANTIOCH, Calif. — At least three other registered sex offenders live within a block or two of the Northern California home where Phillip Garrido allegedly imprisoned Jaycee Lee Dugard for nearly two decades. Pardons board delays clemency decision on Pa. inmates after ruling that could relax standardsHARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania inmates who have won plaudits for their decades-long efforts to reduce prison violence and counsel troubled youths will have to wait a little longer to hear whether their life sentences will be commuted. Pa. life inmates seek clemency after US judge’s decision that could relax rule for thousandsALLENTOWN, Pa. — Tyrone Werts earned a college degree, counseled at-risk teenagers, organized an anti-crime summit, sold Girl Scout cookies, and once prevented the rape of a teacher — all while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and robbery. 5 people wrongly convicted of rape, murder seek millions from Nebraska under new state lawLINCOLN, Neb. — Five people wrongly convicted for a 1985 rape and murder have filed claims seeking millions of dollars from Nebraska. Colo. budget cuts call for plan to release 15 percent of state’s prison populationDENVER — Colorado officials plan to release roughly 15 percent of the state’s 23,000 prisoners early to help slash millions of dollars from the state budget. Calif. asks federal courts to stay order forcing inmate releases, will appeal to Supreme CourtSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Schwarzenegger administration on Tuesday asked the federal courts to delay an order requiring California to reduce its inmate population over the next two years. Report: Doctor provides first official confirmation of prisoner abuse death after Iran voteCAIRO — An Iranian medical examiner found that the son of a prominent conservative politician’s adviser died from beatings and poor prison conditions, a semiofficial news agency reported Monday, in what would be the first official confirmation of a prisoner abuse death during Iran’s post-election turmoil. Calif. Assembly approves plan to cut prison budget, removes plan to release inmates earlySACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly narrowly passed a plan Monday to cut the state corrections budget by $1 billion, despite Republican lawmakers who assailed the measure as a threat to public safety. Calif. Assembly approves plan to cut state prison budget, keep more inmates behind barsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly has approved a bill seeking to reduce the state corrections budget, as Republican lawmakers assailed it as a threat to public safety. Questions haunt neighbors, police who came in contact with accused California kidnapperANTIOCH, Calif. — His neighbors knew he was a registered sex offender. Kids on his block called him “Creepy Phil” and kept their distance. Parole agents and local law enforcement regularly visited his home and found nothing unusual, even after a neighbor complained children were living in a complex of tents in his backyard. California to transform state’s largest juvenile prison into lockup for 1,200 adultsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California plans to transform its largest juvenile prison into a lockup for 1,200 adults to save money and ease crowding in the adult system, officials said Thursday. Survivors, others march in memory of Poland’s Lodz Ghetto victimsLODZ, Poland — Survivors and state officials are walking in a March of Remembrance in the central city of Lodz to mark 65 years since the deportation of the last Jews from the city’s Litzmannstadt Ghetto. Schwarzenegger says Assembly members ‘don’t have the guts’ to enact prison reformSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted members of the state Assembly Wednesday for lacking “the guts” to enact sweeping changes to California sentencing laws, hours before the Assembly again postponed a vote on prisons. Government sent 3,900 economic stimulus checks to prison inmates _ 2,200 got to keep themWASHINGTON — The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates. Mexico’s new drug use law scraps jail time for users, worrying US policeMEXICO CITY — Mexico now has one of the world’s most liberal laws for drug users after eliminating jail time for small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and even heroin, LSD and methamphetamine. China moves to reduce dependence on organs harvested from executed prisonersBEIJING — China has launched a national organ donation system to try to reduce its dependence on body parts harvested from executed prisoners, who make up the majority of donors, state media reported Wednesday. US military judge in 9/11 case at Guantanamo denies defense request to see secret CIA prisonsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lawyers for a Guantanamo prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attack do not need to visit secret CIA prisons where he was once held since the sites have likely changed and are no longer relevant, a military judge ruled. Feuding family members jailed after riot that shook Ala. town; Gangs also said to be involvedMARION, Ala. — Members of two feuding families were in jail Tuesday after years of quarreling erupted into a small-town riot in which 150 screaming people hurled rocks and tools — and even struck the police chief. NY’s governor expected to sign bill that would ban shackling inmates during childbirthNEW YORK — For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her swollen abdomen. Her ankles were shackled together and her hands were cuffed. Official: Smoking ban in effect at Ky. prison where inmates rioted and burned down buildingsBURGIN, Ky. — A government official says smoking has been banned — at least temporarily — at a Kentucky prison where several buildings were burned down during an inmate riot. Federal probe faults NY juvenile detention system, says force routinely used against juvenilesALBANY, N.Y. — Federal investigators say workers at four youth detention centers in New York caused serious injuries, including broken bones, when they routinely used force as a primary way to restrain juveniles, not just as a last resort. 70-year-old convicted murderer who was ND’s longest-serving inmate adjusting to parolee’s lifeBISMARCK, N.D. — During the 40 years convicted murderer James LeRoy Iverson watched from his prison cell window, he saw a field transform from a nesting ground for geese to a Wal-Mart Supercenter site. Calif. prison spending doubles over past decade, raising alarms about other state servicesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California devotes 10 percent of its operating budget to locking up criminals in state prisons, one of the highest rates in the nation and an amount that is becoming a drag on the state’s ability to deliver other services. Insurance adjusters sift through what’s left of Kentucky prison after fiery riotBURGIN, Ky. — Officials said Sunday that investigators and insurance adjusters have started probing what’s left of a Kentucky prison in the wake of a fiery riot that injured 16 people and forced 700 inmates to be relocated. |
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