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Assaults on prison staff have increased in Michigan. Union asks state for change
A union representing Michigan corrections officers is sounding alarms over an increase in violent assaults against prison staff, alleging the state is too often holding dangerous prisoners in lower-security settings not designed to house them.
In 2024, there were 71 assaults on employees at the four Michigan prisons that house t ... (full story)
Reentry Docket Celebrates New Graduates
A specialized docket in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court recently celebrated the graduation of four program participants.
Led by Judge Anthony Donofrio, the Second Chance Offender Reentry (SCORE) specialized docket provides incarcerated individuals with the tools and resources needed to succeed as they reenter society.
Jud ... (full story)
Man who tried to shoot Trump at a Florida golf course gets life in prison
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after a federal prosecutor said his crime was unacceptable “in this country or anywhere.”
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon pronounced Ryan Routh&rs ... (full story)
US-based Haitians are buoyed but wary after a judge stops Trump from ending their protections
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Roudechel Charpentier moved to Springfield in 2023 to escape the violence in his native Haiti, enrolled in college and got a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant.
He's been losing sleep over the Trump administration's push to end the temporary protected status, or TPS, that allows him and roughl ... (full story)
Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mai Vang wouldn't be born for another seven years when Bob Matsui was first elected to Congress from California in 1978. By the time Matsui died in 2005 and was replaced by his widow, Doris Matsui, Vang was still studying biology and sociology in college.
Now a member of the Sacramento City Counci ... (full story)