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New security measures at Downtown Detention Facility after inmate death
El Paso Sheriff's Office officials say that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) officially rescinded the office's ...
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Despite Texas defendant’s death in Louisiana prison, lawmakers unlikely to end reliance on out-of-state lockups
Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...
Firing squads in Florida? Corrections bill opens door to execution alternatives
If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...
How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...
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NH joins coalition of AGs seeking legislation to allow phone jamming in jails, prisons
On Wednesday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson co-led a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in sending a ...
AG joins coalition in requesting legislation to allow phone jamming in jails, prisons
Attorney General Jeff Jackson co-led a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter urging Congress to pass legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in jails ...
A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the ...