Lightning struck an Ohio prison during severe weather in the state on Tuesday, injuring 16 inmates, one of which had to be airlifted to hospital. The prisoners were outside during the storm, moving between buildings after an evening meal. Nine of the inmates have since returned to the correctional institution, while seven remain in hospital,
PHOENIX — The last person known to have seen Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay alive has been accused of burglary in an unrelated incident, raising questions about whether he will be sent back to federal prison in Begay’s disappearance. Preston Tolth is the only person ever charged and convicted in connection with the 2021 disappearance
The father of a teenager who shot and killed four people at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder, manslaughter and other charges. Colin Gray, 55, was found guilty in March of a series of charges stemming from the 2024 attack that left
WASHINGTON– The Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit, a lawyer for the inmates argued Wednesday as he urged a federal judge to enforce the order. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., did not rule from the bench on the inmates’ request
NEW YORK — A Harvard-educated former managing director of Citigroup Inc. who blamed autism for his actions was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for sex crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a 10-year period. Edward Gene Smith, 50, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer after he pleaded guilty
New Bell, a famous prison in Douala, Cameroon, is a city within a city. The facility has its own “taxis” (inmates who walk through congested yards to hand-deliver messages), its own law enforcement (burly prisoners who help uptight guards keep an eye on the facility), and market (a series of stalls where convicts sell and
