US Senator Jack Reed described the judge as “a legal legend” and “a man of great wisdom, integrity, modesty, wit, and high ...

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Cato, N.Y. — Two New York state prison buses were vandalized last Wednesday in Cayuga County, officials said. One bus was set on fire and another was spray-painted, according to Thomas Mailey, a ...

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where ...

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The federal Bureau of Prisons is banning the use of preferred pronouns, stopping special pat-down procedures and rejecting ...

Correctional facilities are not meant to be pleasant, but ours have become perilous for correction officers and even more ...

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