Twenty-eight-year-old Sandra Bland, who died in a Waller County, Texas jail three days after her arrest, allegedly told jailers during her intake that she had previously tried to commit suicide, according to The Houston Chronicle. The information came to light after a closed meeting with dozens of elected officials and law enforcement officials on Tuesday, which […]

AYER, Mass. – Former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo may be in failing health and has been moved to a specialized health treatment center in Massachusetts. Russo was serving 22 years on bribery charges at a federal prison in Loretto, Pennysylania  following a massive federal probe that concluded three years ago. newsnet5.com has learned Russo […]

Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying…

Capping off a week of events and political actions to tackle prison reform, President Obama on Thursday became the first sitting president to visit a…

CLEVELAND- Two men wrongfully convicted of the 1975 murder of a Cleveland salesman are suing the city and the officers who worked on the case. Brothers Kawame Ajamu, 57, and Wiley Bridgeman, 60, were found guilty of aggravated murder for the death of Harold Franks, and sentenced to death. They were exonerated in November after […]

Surviving victims and family members of those killed are pleased with the sentence and many have forgiven Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan, who was also involved with the bombing during the 2013 Boston Marathon.   BOSTON -A judge formally sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death on Wednesday. “Whenever your name is mentioned, what […]

#BREAKING: After 4decades of #solitary confinement, tonight a judge granted #AlbertWoodfox unconditional release! pic.twitter.com/jTpr1fZi6q — AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) June 8, 2015 A federal district court on…

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Two women have filed an explosive lawsuit against a Rikers Island corrections officer and the city of New York, charging that they were raped repeatedly…

This is extremely unsettling. A handgun was found in between a prisoner’s buttocks during a cavity search. Daily Mail reports: Darquan R. Lee, 21, was being…

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Federal marshals officially took over Jimmy Dimora’s house Monday morning. Over the weekend, neighbors told WKYC the Dimora family had moved out. Moving trucks were here a month or two ago and the family came by Saturday to pack up the rest of their things. The former Cuyahoga County Commissioner was convicted […]

03/30/15 – Roland Martin talks to author Gary Heyward about his debut novel Corruption Officer which is about his time at Rikers Island where he worked as…

Blindsided by the furor his comments provoked on the Right and Left, neurosurgeon Ben Carsonapologized Wednesday for saying that homosexuality is a choice. The possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate issued the apology in a Facebook post. He wrote that his word choice “does not reflect fully my heart on gay issues. I do not pretend […]