Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa PikeBy ED WHITE The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike landed her on a ventilator at a hospital. Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down this month, Lee said. Strada said in a […]Baltimore Sun5d agoWhole story →JusticeHealthtennessee execution failure
Judge keeps Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assaultGarces Perez is charged with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.Baltimore Sun7d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentice shooting incident
A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran but is banned from leaving war-torn countryBy PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian American jeweler from New York has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country, according to his family and federal officials. Kamran Hekmati was let out of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Sept. 5 after completing about half of a […]Baltimore Sun26d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticeiranian american detainee release
Michigan prisons leader defends oversight of women’s prison after 3 deathsBy JANELLE D. JAMES/Bridge Michigan The embattled director of the Michigan Department of Corrections is defending conditions inside the state prisons. Heidi Washington, who is facing calls for removal over treatment of female prisoners, on Thursday wrote a letter to US Rep. Debbie Dingell claiming that her department “has established itself as a national…Baltimore Sun4mo agoWhole story →JusticeHealthDebbie Dingellmichigan prison deaths investigation
