Texas county adopts policy to protect LGBT inmates
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2013 file photo, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia listens to questions during a news conference in Houston. Garcia has adopted a…
Treatment of prisoners
Manning says gender ID dispute could go to court
By DAVID DISHNEAU FILE – In this July 30, 2013, file photo, Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, then-Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md.,…
JACKSON’S DOCTOR RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER 2 YEARS
FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, file photo, Michael Jackson’s former doctor Conrad Murray sits in a courtroom during his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles. Murray, who…
UKRAINE LEADER SIGNALS RELEASE OF JAILED EX-PM
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during their meeting with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood policy Stefan Fule in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013.Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is hoping…
CHILE SHUTS LUXURY JAIL FOR DICTATORSHIP CRIMINALS
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera Echenique prepares to address the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) SANTIAGO, Chile…
DEMOCRATS SPAR OVER DELAYING CALIF. PRISON ORDER
By DON THOMPSON State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, foreground, disusses the cost of Senate Democrats’ proposal to reduce prison crowding compared to one proposed by the Governor,…
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR PROPOSES $315M PRISON FIX
By DON THOMPSON Gov. Jerry Brown, center, discusses a proposal to reduce California’s prison population, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. In response to…
HOLDER PROPOSES CHANGES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
By PETE YOST This Oct. 4, 2010 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder speaking during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is calling for major…