60 inmates brawl at Los Angeles jail; several taken to hospital

Steve Gorman, Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Guards at a downtown Los Angeles jail fired rubber pellets and pepper spray to swiftly quell a racially charged brawl involving more than 60 inmates, and several injured prisoners were taken to a hospital, a jail spokesman said.

NC inmates forced to rub hot sauce on their genitals

Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

(AP) - The warden of a North Carolina prison has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that inmates were forced to rub hot sauce on their genitals, officials said Tuesday...

California votes to change controversial 'three strikes' law

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - California residents voted to pass Proposition 36, the ballot measure aimed at reforming the state's controversial Three Strikes law.

NC legislators override race bias death row veto

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North Carolina Republican lawmakers have voted to override a veto of a law that will place limits on death-row inmates' ability to use evidence of racial bias to challenge the court's ruling of their fate.

Inmates help restore oldest black cemetery in Baltimore

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The Mount Auburn cemetery, known as 'The City of Dead for Colored People', was founded in 1872, back when blacks could not be interred next to whites...

Sheriff's deputy fired for making inmates dance to Usher

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DALLAS FORT-WORTH - A sheriff's deputy in Ohio has been fired for ordering jail inmates to dance to an Usher song in exchange for making phone calls and using a microwave...

Online sites for dating prisoners on the rise

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - Online sites for dating prisoners have proliferated in recent years. On the surface, these sites profess to specialize in connecting people behind bars with those seeking pen pals...

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60 inmates brawl at Los Angeles jail; several taken to hospital

NC inmates forced to rub hot sauce on their genitals

California votes to change controversial 'three strikes' law

NC legislators override race bias death row veto

Inmates help restore oldest black cemetery in Baltimore

Sheriff's deputy fired for making inmates dance to Usher

Online sites for dating prisoners on the rise

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