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GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In a first, a military judge at Guantánamo Bay on Friday crossed into the security zone containing the wartime prison and inspected a former CIA “black site” facility at the center of a dispute over the taint of torture in the Sept. 11, 2001, case. It was a noteworthy moment in the arc of the two-decade history of the Guantánamo trials. No war court judge had before made the 5-mile trip to look at the detention operations, where the military maintains the only known, still

“The state’s refusal to recognize religious freedoms casts a dark shadow on us all.”

The commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections said Tuesday the department continues to struggle to hire and retain staff as the state’s prison population is rising. The prison population increased about 18% between 2021 and 2024, according to figures ADOC Commissioner John Hamm presented to members of the Joint Prison Oversight Commission. “We don’t […] The post Alabama Department of Corrections: Staff recruitment flat, incarcerated population up appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

Quality Journalism for Critical Times Concerned about dilapidated buildings in Florida’s statewide prison system, the state Senate has set aside $100 million a year for 30 years to address repairs and new construction, a total of $3 billion. But the state House hasn’t following suit. That sets up a fiscal clash as House and Senate lawmakers craft Florida’s 2024-25 budget. […] The post Audit: ‘Urgent need’ to improve state prison system – will FL state budget reflect that? appeared first on Flori

Thirty-three students from three separate facilities in the Division of Juvenile Justice, or DJJ, are enrolled to start an online Ethnic Studies curriculum, in collaboration with San Francisco State University, or SFSU, and Project Rebound.