Virginia Prosecutors Fight to Keep Terence Richardson in Prison
Oct 8, 2024 · In 1998, someone shot and killed police officer Allen Gibson in the woods behind an apartment complex in the small town of Waverly, Virginia.Police arrested Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne for Gibson’s murder days later—despite a lack of physical evidence linking them to the crime and the presence of another possible suspect.. In 2001, a jury found them not guilty of murder.
LA Fires Threaten Prisons and Jails. Some Haven't Evacuated.
Jan 9, 2025 · Barry J Nidorf Juvenile Hall. Status: In an evacuation warning zone Type: A juvenile detention facility run by the county’s probation department. Population: 96 Air quality forecast: Good Response: A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Probation Department told The Appeal: “Nidorf continues to be under evacuation warning.While that is an elevated risk, it is not an order to evacuate.
Incarcerated People Are on the Front Line of Hurricane Helene’s ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Citrus County Detention Facility (CoreCivic facility): “The Citrus County Detention Facility did not experience any major issues as a result of the hurricane. Thanks to our dedicated staff’s storm preparedness, we had no staffing shortages, currently have electricity, avoided flooding, and did not need to evacuate anyone in our care.”
Pam Bondi Announces New Tough-on-Crime Policies - The Appeal
3 days ago · Targeting Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters Bondi seems poised to go after pro-Palestinian protesters. Her newly announced Joint Task Force October 7 will prosecute “acts of terrorism, antisemitic civil rights violations, and other federal crimes committed by Hamas supporters in the United States, including on college campuses.”. College students have protested what is widely considered ...
Locked In, Priced Out: How Prison Commissary Price-Gouging …
Apr 17, 2024 · Today, The Appeal published Locked In, Priced Out, a project that includes a first-of-its-kind database of prison commissary lists from 46 states. This project also examines the availability, prices, and markups of products across several categories, including food, hygiene, and religious items.
City Fighting Phoenix Police DOJ Investigation, Residents Say
Oct 7, 2024 · At the Sept. 24 city council hearing, city leaders and police officials once again bucked the DOJ. John Maxwell, secretary for the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA), Phoenix’s police union, dismissed the DOJ’s findings as false and urged the council to reject federal oversight.
Locked In, Priced Out: Commissary Database - The Appeal
The Appeal has created the first national database of prison commissary lists. Using the tool below, you can access full lists from the vast majority of U.S. states and see prices for many products available in prison. You can read more about what we uncovered here and how this database was built ...
Women Languish at San Francisco’s Jail for Years Without …
Nov 12, 2024 · When Page was arrested in October of 2020 (she declined to discuss her criminal case but maintains her innocence), San Francisco’s District Attorney was Chesa Boudin, a self-described progressive who ran on a platform of criminal justice …
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's Slow Parole Process Traps Prisoners
Dec 12, 2024 · As of October 8, almost 2,100 clemency applications were pending in Illinois, according to PRB data analyzed by The Appeal. Gough told The Appeal that the board had sent about 900 of those to the governor.
Securus Goes Down, Impacting Nation's Prison Communications
May 30, 2024 · Across the country, more than 1.2 million incarcerated people and their loved ones rely on Aventiv Technologies to speak with each other—provided they pay fees to the prison telecommunications giant, which owns the brands Securus and JPay.. But, twice in one week, multiple services went down for several hours, leaving millions of people unable to message their loved ones, call each other ...