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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Jail in Florida Has a Unique Farm Where Inmates Help Care for the Animals
Jeanne Selander leads a unique animal rescue at the Monroe County Jail in Key West, Florida, that allows inmates to care for ...
Texas woman sentenced for fraud after allegedly claiming to be owner and operator of Crossville cattle farm
A Texas woman received a prison sentence after allegedly making fraudulent claims about being the owner and operator of a ...
Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
Louisiana inmates renew push for heat protections at Angola prison, call conditions ‘modern-day slavery’
Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...
Extreme heat without AC in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel punishment, judge rules
A judge ruled that Texas prison heat is unconstitutional but stopped short of ordering air conditioning installations, which ...
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After-school counselor who had sex with teen avoids prison but not sex-offender label
Sebastiano Scionti, an ex-employee at Jupiter Farms Elementary ... to court this month and convinced a judge to spare him from prison on account of the victim’s “willing participation ...
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After-school counselor who had sex with teen avoids prison but not sex-offender label
Sebastiano Scionti, an ex-employee at Jupiter Farms Elementary, pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor in November, cementing his status as a registered sex offender. He returned to court this ...