An internal investigation is underway after an incarcerated woman with a mental illness reportedly gave birth in a jail cell despite asking staffers for help. According to the Miami Herald, Tammy Jackson, 34, had her daughter at North Broward Bureau jail on the morning of April 10. She reportedly told jail staff that she was …
Reports indicate the woman sentenced to prison for her role in murdering her abusive mother has found romance behind bars. According to People, Gypsy Rose Blanchard has sparked a relationship with a pen pal and the two are engaged to be married. One family friend said Blanchard is “very happy” about the news. “You can …
A North Carolina county has agreed to a preliminary settlement with the family of a 17-year-old girl who officials said took her own life in 2017 while jailed on murder charges. Durham County is awaiting approval from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina before they pay the family of Uniece Glenae …
A Mississippi Army veteran who allegedly decapitated his mother last summer with a butter knife, his teeth, and hands had bitten off part of an inmate’s face three years earlier, according to a lawsuit filed by the inmate. The Mississippi Clarion Ledger reported that Jaron Stubbs claimed he sustained the facial injuries in June 2015 while jailed …
A Texas man became the oldest inmate on the state’s death row to be killed since the reinstatement of capital punishment nearly four decades ago. According to the New York Daily News, 70-year-old Billie Wayne Coble counted five witnesses in the observation area on Thursday evening and addressed his enigmatic final comments to them. “Yes …
“They know they made bad mistakes, bad choices, but they want to do the right thing in life.”
A shocking video clip has emerged from an Arizona prison apparently showing an inmate’s brutal attack on a librarian. According to KTRK, the incident occurred in December when inmate Timothy Monk allegedly retrieved a shank from his shoe and put Allen Hartzell in a headlock. CBS reports that Monk’s alleged motive for the incident was …
A surveillance video taken at an Ohio prison shows a brutal knife attack targeting four black prisoners who were shackled to a table. The Associated Press obtained surveillance video of a white prisoner attacking a group of inmates who were handcuffed to the table in a recreation area at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in …
A man sentenced to 40 years behind bars for running an infamous child sex ring is dead after a group of inmates jumped him at a prison in Milan, Michigan. According to the Detroit News, Christian Maire had been locked up for just about a month of his sentence when the prisoners attacked and stabbed …
On Friday, a Philadelphia judge reinstated appeal rights to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther who has been imprisoned since 1982 for fatally shooting an officer. According to WHYY, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker agreed with Abu-Jamal’s lawyers that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille shouldn’t have presided over the 64-year-old’s multiple appeals. Castille was a …
One of 14 suspects jailed for the mistaken-identity slaying of New York slaying of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was reportedly slashed in the face at Rikers Island this week. The attack involving Manuel Rivera, 18, a suspected member of the Trinitarios gang, occurred Tuesday morning, according to the New York Daily News. Officials said the culprit, Tyreek Johnson, 21, …
Oklahoma authorities continue to search for a convicted murderer who reportedly posed as his cellmate and bailed out of prison on Friday. Oklahoma prison officials said county deputies and state troopers all over the state are working to apprehend a “violent individual,” Patrick Walker, 34. Citing officials, ABC News reported that Walker escaped the Payne …
