Tag: state prison
Nebraska prison reopens as federal immigration center, aims for 200 detainees by Thanksgiving
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A minimum-security state prison in the remote southwest corner of Nebraska reconfigured to serve…
Inmate wins $404,000 award in civil rights case against Ohio prison officers
A jury in a federal civil rights case awarded $404,000 to Tommy Meadows after state prison staff took…
Nebraska Corrections outlines transfers of former McCook Work Ethic Camp inmates
Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent Bryan Waugh, at podium, joins Nebraska Adj. Gen. Craig Strong at left and Nebraska…
Nebraska turns down records requests on McCook-ICE jail
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen before his press conference at St. Teresa Catholic School in Lincoln on Sept. 29,…
Nebraska lawmaker’s unannounced visit to McCook prison morphing into ICE jail sparks more questions
The state's Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Neb., is set to become the "Cornhusker Clink," the federal name…
Texas Police ‘Mistakenly Released’ Man Who Was About to Begin a 5-Year Prison Sentence
NEED TO KNOWTroy Dugas of Texas was "mistakenly released" from prison on Sunday, Aug. 17, the Harris County…
Florida to use shuttered prison as 2nd immigration detention center after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a second immigration detention center…
How a 23-year sentence adds up to more than 40 years in prison
Deandre Pointer, a man incarcerated at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, discusses his legal effort to get his…