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More Than a Half-dozen Officers Stood and Watched for 8 Minutes as a Teen Hung Himself 13 August 2022 Eight minutes — this is the amount of time multiple officers and a captain stood by and watched as 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano wrapped a homemade noose around his neck and proceeded to...

Suspect wanted for assault released from St. Louis jail after positive COVID-19 test 20 January 2022 In an exclusive interview with FOX 2 News, a woman scalded by hot soup in an alleged Jan. 4 domestic assault, called for drastic change in the City of St. Louis’ jail policies. The suspect...

Jason Van Dyke to be released from prison Feb. 3 Former Chicago police officer spent more than three years in prison for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. 14 January 2022 Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke will leave prison next month after serving more than three...

Behind the Violence at Rikers, Decades of Mismanagement and Dysfunction For years, New York City officials have presided over shortcuts and blunders that have led to chaos in one of America’s most expensive jail complexes. 31 December 2021 The leaders of the New York City Department of...

Story is about the degree to which KKK members are embedded in local law enforcement agencies, especially in Florida: Former FBI informant who thwarted KKK-law enforcement murder plots goes public for his own safety 23 December 2021 From 2007 to 2018, Joseph Moore was an undercover...

Prison Phone Companies Are Recording Attorney-Client Calls Across the US Lawyers say their conversations with incarcerated people are being recorded and analyzed by private companies in at least nine US states. 13 December 2021 For years, many of Brooklyn Defender Services’ incarcerated...

Tucson Moves to Fire Officer Seen Fatally Shooting Man in Wheelchair A man who was said to have stolen a toolbox from a Walmart and flashed a knife at an employee was shot in the back and side in a confrontation captured on video, the police said. 30 November 2021 The Tucson Police Department...

Judge Orders Massachusetts Prisons To Stop Using 'Highly Unreliable' Drug Field Tests To Punish Inmates Although the tests are used by prison systems and police departments across the country, a judge found they have an error rate "only marginally better than a coin-flip." 2 December 2021 A...

Keystone Kops in action! 2 of 3 times they missed their targets! Of course they were absolved of any responsibility by their own customary self-exonerating review. Mesa review board looks at three police shootings 20 November 2021 The Critical Incident Review Board looked at three recent...

Numerous references to police & prosecutorial misconduct: Despite a botched execution and concerns over innocence, Oklahoma prepares to execute Julius Jones Persistent problems with lethal injection have not swayed the state’s determination to put Jones and five other men to death 14 November...

Rapper Fetty Wap, NJ corrections officer among 6 arrested in cross-country drug ring: officials 29 October 2021 The rapper Fetty Wap was charged on Friday with participating in a conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs into the New York City region. The...

Putnam County man arrested in Flagler County on warrant for capital sexual battery 23 October 2021 A 40-year-old Putnam County man was arrested in Flagler County this week on a capital sexual battery warrant. Putnam County deputies said Derrick Davis is a former state Department of...

State correctional center officer charged with drunken driving 25 October 2021 An officer with the Department of Corrections in Windham was arrested Monday morning on a charge of drunken driving and treated for a minor injury during the arrest, Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson said...