Georgia Prison System Scandal Making National News for Corruption
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#Prisonworld News - Modern Day Brothel Madam BUSTED
#Prisonworld News - Modern Day Brothel Madam BUSTED A Houston woman who ran an international sex trafficking ring out of her East End cantina was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, officials said. Hortencia “Tencha” Medeles, 70, was convicted in April of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, conspiracy to harbor aliens,...
#Prisonworld News - Drones Dropping Drugs Like It’s Hot in Prison Yards
Officials say a drone has dropped a package of drugs into an Ohio prison yard while inmates were outside, sparking a fight. The package was dropped July 29 at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, about 65 miles southwest of Cleveland. A spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction tells the...
#Prisonworld News - Inmates Fighting Fires in the State of California
SACRAMENTO, California — With wildfires blazing throughout the parched Western United States, the state of California has found a novel, though ethically questionable, way to save money on the state’s safety budget: Send state prisoners to work on the frontlines fighting forest fires for $2 per day. “More than 100...
The Prisonworld Radio Hour Spotlights Author Jason Sole- From Prison to PhD
The Prisonworld Radio Hour Spotlights Author Jason Sole- From Prison to PhD
Some of the best stories comes from those that have been incarcerated and left the prison system behind to live a better life. Education, speaker and author of From Prison to PhD, Jason Sole, did all of the above and has not only written a book to tell his story, but also reaches back into the prison system to try to detour gang issues and inmate insubordination. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, engages in this chat with prison outreach experience.
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Prisoner Hunger Strike in Utah Over After Just 6 Days
Prisonworld View: Reiterating, prisoner hunger strikes do not normally work as the administration do not negotiate with terrorists, so to speak. The demands were ludicrous and self-serving. Albeit the inmates are caged animals with very little outlets for rehabilitation, had the strike been more directive for prison programs and not...