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Kids in Prisonnew
What do you do when you catch a criminal that is only 13 years old?
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
05-03-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Steel Bars vs. Lead Bulletsnew
A longtime (undocumented) Texas resident is on the run from both U.S. immigration officials and a Mexican drug cartel.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
04-21-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Connecticut Could Kill the Death Penalty in 2011new
The swirling political tides in Connecticut could lead to the abolition of the death penalty in the state next year.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D’Ambrosio |
04-20-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Jailhouse Nosh: An Inside Look at What Inmates Are Eatingnew
Using the sheriff’s email-an-inmate system, San Diego CityBeat sent letters to two-dozen random inmates asking their opinion on jail cuisine. Only De'Andre Daniels, a 20-year-old being held at San Diego Central Jail on an assault-with-a-firearm charge, responded.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
04-14-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Police Brutality Rarely Ends With Punishment for the Copsnew
There's force, and there's excessive force. Broward Sheriff's Office Commander David Robshaw, who runs the Internal Affairs Division jointly with District Chief John Hale, says civilians tend to confuse the two. The former is pretty much part of a day's work for Broward deputies; the latter happens when situations spin out of control.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gail Shepherd |
04-13-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Dead By Dawn: Violence Shocks Miami Clubgoersnew
In the past two years, 12 people have been murdered inside or while leaving nightclubs in Miami-Dade, according to medical records and police reports. Most victims were young with bright futures and no criminal history. They range from an 18-year-old security guard who was a shot to a 21-year-old immigrant found hacked to pieces.
Miami New Times |
Natalie O'Neill |
04-08-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Miami Clubs, crime
Colo. Legislator Moves to Stop Shackling Inmates in Labornew
Prompted by a Boulder Weekly investigation, a Colorado lawmaker is introducing a bill that would prohibit the shackling of pregnant inmates while they are in labor.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
04-05-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Vermont's Colleges are Underreporting Sexual Assaultsnew
A review of statistics filed by Vermont’s institutions of higher learning in the past decade suggests that the number of sexual assaults they report to the government is far lower than the number that actually occur.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-02-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Citizens Armed With Cameras — 'Video Vigilantes' — Take on the Policenew
The most notorious and obvious example of video vigilante-ism might be George Holliday’s 1991 video of the Rodney King beating, which showed four police officers brutally kicking King and beating him with their batons.
Hartford Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
03-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
A Student Blamed for Violence at South Philadelphia High School Shares His Storynew
On Thursday, Dec. 3, more than 20 Asian students were attacked on their way home from South Philadelphia High School by a mob of as many as 100 of their peers, most of them African-American.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
03-23-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Wrongful Conviction Isn’t Extraordinary in Connecticut. It’s Normalnew
How much do we really know about our prisons — about the history of incarceration and its role in a free society? When we talk about the criminal justice system, what kind of justice do we mean?
New Haven Advocate |
Caleb Smith |
03-23-2010 |
Crime & Justice
A New TABC policy is Aimed at Convincing Drunk Teens to Get Helpnew
A new policy from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission gives teens a pass on minor liquor violations if they are reporting a serious crime or getting medical help for themselves or others. The goal of the policy is to bring awareness of the problem of alcohol poisoning.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Susan Costa |
03-19-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Despite a Long Record of Abuses, GEO is Still Running Texas Prisonsnew
GEO has one of the world’s worst track records in inmate care: The horror stories range from rapes to suicides to murders to deaths due to inadequate medical care. The company once hired a convicted sex offender as a guard in a facility for juvenile females.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
03-12-2010 |
Crime & Justice
A Double Murder Spurs Some Deep Questions About Nature Vs. Nurturenew
For a person given over to metaphor, Wilbern Road near Sweet Home makes a good stand-in for the life of Hannah Grace Dowdie: a short, dead-end roller coaster of pavement, pressed on both sides by dark and murky woods.
Arkansas Times |
David Koons |
03-04-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Overcrowding at Illinois Prisons is Costly and Dangerousnew
In Sangamon County, at least 13 inmates were released early, many serving just a fraction of their sentences. One repeat drunk driver served only a month of his year-long sentence; another inmate serving time for possession of cocaine spent only two weeks behind bars.
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
03-04-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: early release, violence, prison, politics, Drugs, justice, crime, money, rehabilitation, inmate, corrections
