Parents who kept 11-year-old son with autism in enclosure ‘similar to a jail cell’ for 6 years in feces-filled home avoid prison time
Jeffery Scanlan and Misty Scanlan pleaded guilty Jan. 8 to a misdemeanor child neglect charge. On Wednesday a judge sentenced ...
Man faces return to prison 2 years after attempted murder conviction was vacated
By Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story BRONX, New York (WCBS) — A Bronx man was freed after spending over two decades in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, but now he may ...
First WA prison podcast, ‘Concrete Mama,’ launches at penitentiary
An eight-episode season brings the realities of prison life — past and present — to listeners beyond the Walla Walla ...
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Prison guard left inmate’s cell unlocked to sexually abuse her in Hawaii, feds say
A former prison guard pleaded guilty to sexually abusing ... comments” toward a different inmate, staring into her cell and kicking her cell door, documents said. On multiple occasions when ...
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Topekan lay dead in Kansas prison cell for 2 days before body was discovered
His death certificate says Topekan Brooks Robinson Vonthaer, found dead Oct. 22 in his cell at a Kansas prison, had suffered fatal injuries two days earlier. "He laid in there dead for two whole ...