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Prisons for profit | Alexander Baker
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (581+ words) Britain’s prison crisis has handed organised crime a captive market Another week, another Boschian depiction of the hellscape that is British state capacity. At a Prosperity Institute panel on two-tier justice during Reform UK’s party conference, crime journalist David Shipley…...
Youngest woman on death row's haunting final words before she was taken away as her execution date looms
22+ hour, 11+ min ago (494+ words) She will be put to death on September 30 Warning: This article contains discussion of murder which some readers may find distressing. The youngest woman on death row is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee at the end of September, as…...
California prison towns grasp for new jobs after closures: ‘No one is coming to save us’
22+ hour, 52+ min ago (1695+ words) California prison towns made a grim bargain decades ago. They built their economies around an industry that relied on an ever-growing prison population, mostly from California’s major metropolitan areas. Then, about 15 years ago, legislators changed sentencing laws in ways that…...
Pinellas jail tour planned in wake of immigrant detention concerns
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (727+ words) The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has agreed to let representatives from the local League of Women Voters chapter visit the county jail after they raised concerns over how deputies handle immigrant detainees. The visit is scheduled for Sept. 23 at 9 a.m. and…...
Full menu of double killer who ordered huge final meal before death row execution
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (625+ words) The 53-year-old is due to receive a lethal injection at 7pm on 16 September after almost two decades on death row A double murderer on death row ordered a huge final meal before he’s executed next week. Stacey Humphreys, 53, is on death…...
Former attorney convicted of attempted murder of ex-wife in restaurant attack
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (529+ words) TOLEDO, Ohio — A man who once practiced law in Ohio and Michigan, who admitted to pointing his gun at his ex-wife in a Toledo restaurant, was found guilty of attempted murder on Sept. 4. Matthew Exton, 43, of Traverse City, Michigan, was…...
Appeals court keeps former Pasco officer in prison
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (590+ words) A former Pasco police officer will stay in prison after he failed to convince an appeals court that he was wrongly convicted of premeditated murder. The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, rejected several arguments by Richard J. Aguirre’s attorney,…...
Obese death row inmate's gluttonous final meal order revealed
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (729+ words) A Georgia death row inmate requested an indulgent final meal of barbecue, fried food and two types of ice cream for his final meal before being executed. Stacey Humphreys, 53, is set to be put to death next week for the…...
Minnesota Asylum Seeker Detained at Guantánamo Bay
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (570+ words) A Minnesota man arrested by immigration authorities during the Trump administration's Operation Metro Surge has been transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where he is held in a military prison despite having no criminal record. Adam Abdullah, 31, was living legally in the…...