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The union said state prisons are understaffed while also dealing with violent inmates who are being reclassified and placed in lower security prisons

The agreement is one of two programs the county has entered into with federal immigration officials

A man convicted of torturing his girlfriend’s son by forcing him to take ice baths, wrapping his head in duct tape and rubbing cayenne pepper into his eyes was sentenced to 65 years

The deputy unbuckled the disoriented driver’s seat belt, pulled on the driver’s shirt and left arm and got him out of the truck

The incident at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center comes months after a deadly inmate uprising

Prison officials said there should have been 266 officers working that month

Antonia Barrone, 48, created a fake persona as a parole attorney and swindled $23,000 from 400 inmates and their families

The court did not comment on its reasons for refusing the appeals

The autopsy details Sgt. Meggan Callahan’s injuries, including multiple lacerations, thermal burns and “massive basilar skull fractures”

The incident is among a stream of violent clashes at the prison since a court order requiring a reduction in the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement