Tag: Correctional systems
The Latest: 510 women positive for virus at Texas prison
FORT WORTH, Texas -- More than 500 women at a federal medical prison in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus, in one of...
ACLU and lawyers sue to free ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer sued Attorney General William Barr and the Bureau of Prisons director Monday, saying he’s...
Watchdog: Virus stalks Egypt’s prisons amid news blackout
CAIRO (AP) - The coronavirus has infected people inside several Egyptian prisons and killed at least 14 detainees, as authorities seek to stifle news...
The Latest: Amsterdam discourages red light district visits
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Authorities in Amsterdam are urging people not to visit the city’s famous red light district and have closed off some...
The Latest: WHO posts 2nd daily record for new cases in...
The World Health Organization is again posting a single-day record of new confirmed coronavirus cases. It announced 259,848 new cases on Saturday. The WHO...
The Latest: Florida adds 10,000 new virus cases, 90 deaths
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida reported more than 10,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 90 additional deaths. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced 30,000...
Indonesia jails 2 police in acid attack on graft official
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced two elite police officers to 18 months and two years in prison for attacking...
US prison populations down 8% amid coronavirus outbreak
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Stephanie Parris was finishing a two-year prison sentence for a probation violation when she heard she’d be going home three...
First federal execution in 17 years; another set Wednesday
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a...
US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a...