House Democrats advanced a bill Saturday that would expand judicial authority in diversion programs, allowing judges to dismiss charges upon a defendant’s “substantial compliance” with court-ordered conditions. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1113 (ESHB 1113) aims to create a pathway to rehabilitation for low-level offenses while shifting power away from prosecutors.
Four Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are recovering from injuries following an alleged attack by inmates at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration's executive order mandating the transfer of transgender women from female to male prison facilities and discontinuing their access to hormone therapy. The executive order, signed by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," directs federal agencies to house inmates based on biological sex and cease funding for gender-affirming medical care.
Colette Peters, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since August 2022, has resigned amid significant changes to the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.
Some female prisoners are pleading for former President Donald Trump to step in and protect them from biological men who claim a female identity to gain access to women’s prisons, where they allegedly abuse female inmates.
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump gave his inaugural address after taking the oath of office. In his address, President Trump stated that it will be the "official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female."
More than 900 incarcerated individuals are among the 7,500 emergency personnel battling the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles, California, the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) confirmed Friday.
A new report from the nonprofit Independent Women highlights significant risks associated with housing biologically male inmates who identify as female in women’s prisons.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly unhappy with the attention fellow inmate Luigi Mangione is receiving at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has overshadowed Combs, who was previously the facility's most high-profile inmate following his September 16 arrest on sex trafficking charges.
