Warden Smith News Today

Texas disappears more people in long-term solitary cells than all other states and the federal system combined.

Court records paint a grisly picture of the guard beating a man and spraying him with a "chemical agent" for five minutes.

Pelican Bay State Prison has a new acting warden. Stephen Smith was appointed late last month to replace retiring Warden James Robertson.

It had been rehearsed time and time again. there would be no flaws. gilmore was strapped to the chair that he sat in, an old chair. a restraint around his neck. a piece of cloth placed over his heart with a circle on it. the marksmen, supposedly police officers from different ranks of the utahs state penal system and police were behind a blind. he could not see them. he tried desperately to see the muzzles of the gun. but at that moment three to four shots rang out. within 15 to 20 seconds, life...