The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards. By Jan Ransom After ...

Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad, an RJD MLA, is accused of kidnapping and assaulting Rehan Fazal, a JD(U) functionary, including forcing him to drink urine. The allegations came after RJD chief spokesperson ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of ...

RJD MLA Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad has been accused of kidnapping, assaulting, and forcing a JD(U) functionary, Rehan Fazal, to drink urine. Fazal, now hospitalized, claims he was targeted for exposing ...

Legislation in the Illinois statehouse could open up state financial aid to college students in prison. Charlotte West/Open Campus Share Jose Vidaurri was serving more than 20 years in prison when ...

Gov. Tony Evers will propose nearly $500 million in his budget to overhaul the state's prisons. The plan will include tearing down the 127-year-old Green Bay Correctional Institution and a massive ...

The Brooks family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last month in federal court claiming state officials oversee a “dangerously broken” prison system that brutalizes inmates. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

Patna: RJD MLA Syed Rukuddin Ahmad from Baisi in Purnea district has been booked for allegedly kidnapping a local JD (U) functionary Rehan Fazal, beating him and forcing him to drink urine.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the ranking member on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio Thursday night demanding answers and documents ...

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday stirred controversy by calling the Maha Kumbh “meaningless” while blaming the Railways for the stampede in New Delhi that left 18 dead.

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