State prison system puts nearly 1,300 inmates on indefinite lockdown The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) says it will not respond to questions on why it locked down two of its three facilities on the grounds of the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. A DOC ... 09/16/2024 - 5:29 am | View Link
Air conditioning is coming to some Missouri prisons. But it will take years and cost millions Missouri lawmakers took a step toward improving conditions in some Missouri prisons last year by setting aside millions to install air conditioning in one of the state’s 17 prisons. That cooler air is ... 09/16/2024 - 2:55 am | View Link
Tennessee And Georgia Lawmakers Seek Protections For Federal Prison Staff U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) have initiated a bipartisan inquiry aimed at safeguarding federal prison staff from sexual assault and harassment. Their letter to ... 09/14/2024 - 4:12 am | View Link
Is THC legal in Texas? What you need to know about the controversy In the five years since Texas legalized hemp, it’s not only farmers who thrive but the low-dose THC industry. As unintended consequences pile up and ... 09/13/2024 - 5:57 am | View Link
Alabama lawmakers question efforts to stop prison violence, rape: ‘Something is not working’ This poor lady, her son, is constantly getting the crap beat out of him,” Rep. Chris Pringle said. “He is getting up off the floor and pulling his pants up.” ... 09/8/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
The Teamsters union has decided not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election—reflecting a growing political rift within one of the country’s most powerful labor organizations and delivering Trump a political victory.
The union announced its decision on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after releasing the results of a poll conducted of members after both parties’ conventions.
Drug overdose deaths have been on the rise for years, devastating communities nationwide. But as National Public Radio reported on Wednesday, that trend may be changing—so much so, said one expert who spoke to NPR, Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta of the University of North Carolina, that he anticipates as many as 20,000 fewer annual overdose deaths in coming years.
Another open letter from Republicans endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential bid just dropped.
This one, first reported by the New York Times, is signed by 111 former national security and foreign policy officials who worked under former presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush—and, yes, Trump himself.
At the center of the two biggest controversies of JD Vance’s short political career have been cats. The first came from his attacks against the “childless cat ladies” on the left. More recently, the Republican vice presidential candidate has been spreading lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating pets.
One possible conclusion to draw from these missives is that he is an angry man who spends too much time on the internet.