GRANTS, N.M. – On the night of July 7, 2016, Douglas Edminsten – an inmate at the Cibola County jail in Grants – became violently sick, throwing up blood and begging to be taken to the hospital. Instead, he was left to hours of agony and later died. Now, new video shows the correctional officers … Read more
Sixteen years after the lies of a now-disgraced dirty cop helped put him in federal prison, Elroy Phillips will soon go free. The West Palm Beach man’s long legal battle exposed a corrupt police officer who committed perjury on the witness-stand and was later prosecuted for misconduct. But Phillips, who admits he was no angel … Read more
A schizophrenic man who was paralyzed in a caught-on-video incident at the Riverside jail has sued the sheriff’s department claiming that jail staff broke his spine while handling him roughly after he was beaten by another inmate. David Manzo, 34, of Perris, is now quadriplegic and will require 24-hour medical care for the rest of … Read more
New video shows Orange County corrections officers tackling a 75-year-old man inside his jail cell. The Orange County Medical Examiner said the man’s injuries killed him two days afterward. According to his arrest report, William Howard was arrested on Nov. 16, 2016, after his wife said he “began to act strange.” She said he attacked … Read more
Twenty-five prisoners told a lawyer the same disturbing story: Two armed correctional officers poured hot sauce into sandwich bags and forced inmates to stick their hands inside and lick the sauce from their fingers. “Taking the sauce,” the officers allegedly called it. It was not a mild Texas Pete-type sauce, but an “exotic hot” variety … Read more
Three Placer County sheriff’s officials were arrested Wednesday on charges involving allegations of excessive force against at least six jail inmates and falsifying evidence, the result of what Sheriff Devon Bell is calling “an extensive investigation” that included video recordings and other evidence. The arrests of corrections Sgt. Megan Yaws, Deputy Robert Madden and corrections … Read more
The Alabama Department of Corrections has arrested five of its own correctional officers on charges they used their positions for personal gain. ADOC on Tuesday afternoon announced the arrests following a three-month probe at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore. ADOC investigators made the arrests at the prison on May 24 and 26. Those officers arrested … Read more
After being locked up in prison for 25 years, the entire time claiming he was framed by the Detroit police department, a man finally gets to be free to live his life. New tests have absolved Desmond Ricks, now 51, of a 1992 murder he’s certain police framed him for. “I’m not bitter,” Desmond Ricks, … Read more
05/02/17 | HOUSTON, TX — A new bill that could make its way through the Texas Senate this week would classify privately owned detention centers for immigrant women and children as “childcare facilities.” Calling the detention centers “childcare facilities” would permit holding women and children for extended amounts of time, according to a report by the … Read more
05/01/17 | DUCHESNE COUNTY, UT — A tragic death has occurred in the Duchesne County Jail, and records are leading some to wonder whether there was any foul play on the part of the jail staff. Madison Jensen, 21, had been struggling through an opioid addiction. The addiction had a profound impact on her personality, … Read more
Kevin Koeninger | Courthouse News Service CLEVELAND (CN) – Two Ohio men convicted of murder when they were teenagers say police and prosecutors withheld evidence that would have shown their innocence to send them to prison for 20 years for a crime they didn’t commit. Derrick Wheatt and Laurese Glover – who were exonerated and … Read more
Whitney Webb | True Activist Session’s decision comes after Trump’s aggressive push to round up millions of undocumented immigrants, which will ostensibly increase the population of those incarcerated in private prisons. Since taking office, Trump and his administration have been busy reversing the policies of prior presidential administrations, particularly those of his predecessor Barack Obama. … Read more