Ebony Strange, 32, was charged with promoting prison contraband
The California Supreme Court has let stand an appellate court ruling that attorneys must be allowed to visit jailed clients with no partitions or barriers separating them
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Report compiled by the board stated that at least 80 percent of weapons found on Rikers Island were made of components already found in the jail
Legislator would halt practice, return to in-person interaction
A company that provides video visitation to correctional facilities and a county jail are facing lawsuits for surreptitiously ending in-person visitation earlier this year
Domingo Villa Arellano was serving a life sentence after being convicted of his wife’s murder in 2006
Under the settlement, the sheriff's department will buy and maintain hundreds of new wheelchairs and provide physical therapy on site for disabled inmates
Prisoner advocates are raising alarm, saying video visitation is impersonal and that its emergence has frequently left jail policies in the hands of profit-driven technology companies
Claims it doesn't work and alienates poor families
For years, visits have been a frustrating experience at the Harris County jail
Those who bring in a toy will receive increased visitation time
Commissioners Court approved a contract to install video-visitation technology in the jail
An inmate being taken out of a visitation room becomes unruly, leading a corrections officer to strike him.
California is set to implement some of the nation’s toughest protocols for access to state prisons in an attempt to reduce the flow of illegal drugs to inmates
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