Tag: prisons
Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry. She...
Profiles in clean energy: Once incarcerated, expert moves students into climate-solution careers
PHILADELPHIA -- Inside a converted warehouse in one of Philadelphia’s poorest neighborhoods, students circle around Jackie Robinson as he quizzes them about a...
Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison for receiving illegal gifts
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A former Singaporean cabinet minister was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges...
A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When film star James Stewart went on location in 1948 at Stateville prison's notorious roundhouse while portraying a Chicago newspaper...
Key witness in trial of Sam Bankman-Fried seeks no prison time at upcoming sentencing
NEW YORK -- Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried ’s collapsed cryptocurrency empire and his former girlfriend, is...
The UK says water bosses could face prison under plans to clean up sewage-clogged rivers
LONDON -- The bosses of water companies that pollute waterways could go to prison under a new law the British government says will...