Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...

GALVESTON, Texas — The U.S. State Department is urging ... detained long-term and offenders can face 12 or more years in prison. The U.S. Embassy Nassau in The Bahamas is the point of contact ...

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Trump’s Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling has been named acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, two IMLS employees tell POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman, ...

SUNRISE STARTS RIGHT NOW. 6:00 ON THE DOT ... WESH TWO WILL BE AT THE FLORIDA STATE PRISON TODAY AHEAD OF THE EXECUTION. DEVELOPING THIS MORNING, OFFICIALS SAY A WOMAN KILLED HER DOG AT ORLANDO ...

Raymond Leo Clary, III, has been sentenced to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for possession of a ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...

But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman's warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system unconstitutional could resonate elsewhere in the U.S. where similar challenges ...

(Rhonda Oaks/The Daily News via AP, File) FILE - Advocates for cooling Texas prisons construct a makeshift cell before a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Austin ...