The Marshall Project6d
At My Texas Prison, Solitary Confinement All But Guarantees Sexual Exploitation by Guards
After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...
San Antonio Current1d
An inside look at Taser use in Texas prison
The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially ...
Texas government agencies move to limit work-from-home policies
The shift comes after the governor's office told agency officials that lawmakers are examining remote-work policies while ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN2d
Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...
mytexasdaily.com2d
Internet domains seized and arrests made in prison drug smuggling scheme
Three internet domains have been seized and ten individuals arrested in a scheme to smuggle drugs into prisons, according to ...
Ex-federal prison guard pleads guilty to raping female inmates
A 47-year-old ex-prison guard from Kapolei pleaded guilty Monday to raping female inmates while he worked at the Federal Detention Center Honolulu, according to a plea agreement with the U.S.
New York State fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong ...
The Independent5d
With most New York prison guards ending strike, governor bars holdouts from state jobs
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...