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The Department of Justice has published a new rule that could allow for the use of more execution methods for federal death sentences. These could include death by electrocution or firing squads. According to ProPublica, the rule cleared White House review at the beginning of November and will go into effect on Christmas Eve, just weeks before Donald Trump exits […]
According to TMZ, Harvey Weinstein has been put in isolation after coming down with a 101-degree fever that doctors believe is a result of him catching the coronavirus. Citing “law enforcement sources,” TMZ adds that Weinstein is “doing poorly.” The incarcerated ex-producer received a test on Tuesday morning, though health officials are still waiting on the results for that. […]
Representatives for 20-year-old rapper/convicted murderer Tay-K (real name: Taymor McIntyre) have issued a tweet claiming to correct rumors that were (apparently) circulating which postulated that McIntyre had additional time tacked onto his already-lengthy prison sentence for stabbing a guard. In 2019 McIntyre, who was 19-years-old at the time, was hit with a punishment of 55 years for a […]
After teasing it on social media, Kodak Black, who is currently incarcerated on gun charges, has shared his new album Bill Israel. The project, which contains 11 tracks, features appearances from Gucci Mane, Lil Yachty, Tory Lanez, and others. Kodak’s last studio album was 2018’s Dying To Live. In November of 2019, Kodak took a plea deal in his […]
Less than a week after it was announced that Drakeo the Ruler was getting out of prison, the West Coast rapper has dropped his first post-release track and video. “Fights Don’t Matter” is a taste of Drakeo’s new project We Know the Truth, and it’s accompanied by a music video shot within hours of him leaving prison. It was written […]
Holden James Matthews was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for setting three historically Black churches in Louisiana ablaze last year, ABC News reports. Matthews, 22, pleaded guilty in February to three counts of using fire to commit a felony and three counts of intentional damage to religious property. Under the Church Arson Prevention Act […]
Former Bad Boy artist and Harlem World representative, Loon (who is now known as Amir Junaid Muhadith), has joined the REFORM Alliance. Muhadith will serve as the inaugural Fellow for the REFORM Alliance’s new Fellowship Program. This program was established to provide “practical and transferable job skills” to former inmates who are interested in pursuing careers in advocacy. For Muhadith, […]
Lori Loughlin began her jail sentence in a federal prison in California on Friday. The Huffington Post reports that she’s set to serve a two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions cheating scheme. “The parties recently agreed that the defendant can report to prison on October 30, 2020, instead of on November 19, […]
Data shared by New York‘s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision this week shows an alarming outbreak of coronavirus at an upstate prison. The Elmira Correctional Facility in New York was reporting 588 positive COVID-19 tests among a total population of 1,515 as of Tuesday. As detailed in a CBS News report on the widely […]
A Montana woman received a 20-year prison sentence for negligent homicide in the hot car death of her toddler son. According to Great Falls Tribune, Ashley Maria Howard, 21, received her sentencing Monday in Cascade County, more than two years after her 2-year-old boy Caleb died of a heat stroke. Authorities say the child was left inside […]
