California Utilizing Hundreds of Inmates to Fight Ongoing L.A. Fires

Over 900 prison inmates are among the more than 7,500 emergency personnel fighting the raging wildfires that are devastating portions of Los Angeles, California, state corrections officials said. “As of today, 939 Fire Camp firefighters have been working around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel from behind structures to slow fire spread, including …

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NYC corrections officer arrested for trying to sell 200 cigarettes for $50 to $100 each for inmates in notorious rikers island jail

A city Correction officer was indicted Wednesday for allegedly smuggling more than $15,000 worth of contraband – including 200 cigarettes and a cell phone – into Rikers Island, prosecutors said. Kendell Felix, 37, is accused of accepting a $3,000 bribe from an outside person in order to sneak the illicit items into the jail complex …

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Minnesota Gov. Walz allocated $500K to enable transgender inmate’s prison transfer plan.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s administration allocated nearly $449,000 in taxpayer money to a left-wing legal nonprofit as part of an apparent “sue-and-settlement” plan that put the first transgender inmate in a state women’s prison, The Post can exclusively reveal. In 2023, the Democratic vice presidential nominee’s office shelled out $448,904 to Saint Paul-based Gender Justice, …

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Inmates seize control of one of Russia largest prison. Already one guard dead.

Inmates at a penal colony in southern Russia’s Volgograd region have taken several prison guards hostage, prison authorities said Friday, with at least one person reported killed. A spokesperson for Russia’s prison service told the RIA Novosti news agency that the inmate uprising took place at the IK-19 Surovikino penal colony, located around 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) …

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