A 29-year-old Mississippi man spent 8 months in jail despite surveillance video showing he wasn’t at the scene of the crime he was accused of. Arthur Jones, also known as AJ, was 23 years old in July 2015 when he was arrested in the murder case of Jabarri Goudy, 17, who was shot twice outside […]
A family is searching for answers after a woman died at a hospital after being taken there from an Indiana jail. The family has now hired the same legal team for Breonna Taylor’s family. “Our team has been given the privilege of seeking truth and justice for the family of Ta’Neasha Chappell,” Louisville attorney Sam […]
Chicago Rapper KTS Dre was shot and killed over the weekend after being released from the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Police say the 31-year-old rapper, whose real name is Londre Sylvester, was ambushed outside of the jail Saturday night shortly after he was released. He suffered 64 bullet wounds to his head and other parts […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina prosecutor investigating the January jail death of a mentally ill Black man said Tuesday that she needs more time to decide whether to press criminal charges in the case. New evidence and additional interviews gathered in the past week on the death of Jamal Sutherland have led Ninth Circuit […]
A Black man made history as the first-ever incarcerated person in Washington D.C. to win an elected office. Joel Caston came up victorious in the race for advisory neighborhood commissioner of southeastern district 7F07, where he’ll oversee the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter, new local, luxury apartments and the jail where he is incarcerated, according to […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two sheriff’s deputies involved in the January death of a South Carolina inmate with mental health issues have been fired, days after the release of video clips showing deputies repeatedly deploying stun guns and kneeling on the man’s back before he stops moving. Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano announced Monday that […]
A nurse from Minnesota has spoken out for the first time, recounting the traumatic events she witnessed leading to the death of a paralyzed Black man who was incarcerated in 2018. Almost three years later, Stephanie Lundblad, an experienced nurse who practiced at Beltrami County jail, shared her side of the story, saying Hardel Sherrell […]
Essie Justice Group, a founding organization of the National Bail Out Collective, is gearing up to bail out as many California mothers and caregivers as possible for a fifth consecutive Mother’s Day. According to recent study by the Vera Institute For Justice, incarceration in the country has quadrupled since the 1970s. Though the use of jails […]
Rappers Young Thug and Gunna pulled up to the Fulton County Jail in their hometown of Atlanta over the weekend and posted bonds for 30 individuals being held on minor offenses. “This is where we are from,” Young Thug told WSB-TV. “We just woke up and went to the jail with the lawyer and you know DAs and the […]
McKINNEY, Texas — Seven officers involved in the in-custody death of a Black jail inmate in Texas whose family members say may have been suffering a mental health crisis have been fired, a sheriff said. The detention officers violated sheriff’s office policies and procedures leading up to the death of Marvin Scott III, Collin County […]