US prison population rises for second straight year

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.
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DOJ: W.Va. corrections officer sentenced to prison following inmate death in 2022

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — A former Southern Regional Jail Corrections Officer was sentenced to several years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to his involvement in an assault that led to the ...

Four former correctional officers indicted on new charges in inmate's 2022 beating death

Four former correction officers have been indicted on new charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional ...
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Former deputy sentenced to 16 months in prison for 2022 beating of inmate in Camden County Jail

CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. — A former Camden County Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriff and jail corporal has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for assaulting a pretrial detainee in 2022. Ryan Robert Biegel, ...