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Guards Claim No Leads in Gruesome California Prison Murder

By Chris Zoukis Prison officials at the medium security California State Prison, Solano have offered little explanation for their apparently lackadaisical investigation into the gruesome murder and disembowelment of a 24 year old man whose body was not found stuffed in a trash can until nearly 15 hours after prisoners in his cellblock were locked

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New York Prisoner’s Misbehavior Conviction Upheld

By Chris Zoukis On Sept. 20, 2016 the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York upheld the conviction of state prisoner Aaron Isaiah Young for violating prison rules. Young allegedly refused prison guard orders, and assaulted staff. During the altercation, multiple guards responded, and Young allegedly refused to comply with prison guard orders

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New York Prisoner’s Disciplinary Guilty Verdict Upheld

By Chris Zoukis On Sept. 22, 2016 the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York upheld the conviction of state prisoner Jason Gano for violating prison rules. Gano allegedly set off a metal detector in the prison, prompting a pat-down search which revealed razor blades hidden in his coat. Gano was charged with

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U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons

Privately-operated federal prisons, also known as contract prisons, have more violence, use-of-force incidents, and contraband seizures than facilities run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), among other findings in an August 2016 report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The 86-page report examined data from 14 private prisons

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