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That '70s Show Star Sent to State Prison

Authorities release first prison mugshot of Danny Masterson

(Newser) - That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions. Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old Masterson has been admitted to North Kern State Prison, and they released his first prison mugshot, the AP reports. The photo...

State Has Kept Thousands in Prison Past Release Dates

Over four months, Louisiana released 4K late, Justice Department finds

(Newser) - A federal investigation has found that Louisiana often keeps inmates in prison after they're scheduled for release—sometimes for as long as three months. A report by the Justice Department, blaming "systemic violations," says from January to April 2022, almost 27% of inmates freed by the state'...

State Prison Erupts After 6 Inmates Test Positive

Hundreds of minimum-security inmates joined protests

(Newser) - Pepper spray and "sting balls" were used to quell a disturbance involving hundreds of inmates at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Washington state Wednesday night. The state Department of Corrections says the disturbance in a recreation yard, in which inmates allegedly set off fire extinguishers and threatened to take...

Georgia Accidentally Sets Free Child Rapist

Now scrambling to find inmate after public wasn't notified for days

(Newser) - Authorities in Georgia are on the hunt for a rapist who was serving a life sentence when he was mistakenly released from prison on Friday. Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, jailed since 2015 on convictions of rape and aggravated child molestation in Gwinnett County, was released from Reidsville's Rogers State...

Dying Inmate's Diary Reveals Lack of Medical Care

He had cancer but was only given Tylenol

(Newser) - A Vermont inmate who died of cancer at a Pennsylvania prison wrote in a diary that he repeatedly asked for medical care but was denied and given ibuprofen and Tylenol for his pain. Sixty-eight-year-old Roger Brown died Oct. 15 at the state prison in Camp Hill, Penn. The Pennsylvania Department...

Supreme Court: California Must Release 46K Inmates

Upholds federal panel's decision on poor prison conditions

(Newser) - In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has upheld a panel’s order that California release 46,000 inmates over the next two years to reduce overcrowding in state prisons. In 2009, a three-judge panel called on the state to reduce its prison population to 137% of capacity; overcrowding was...

Gov. Jerry Brown Packs Heat
 Gov. Jerry Brown Packs Heat 
Apr 7, 2011 2:02 AM CDT

Gov. Jerry Brown Packs Heat

He's got three guns and a dog, he boasts to law enforcement

(Newser) - California Gov. Jerry Brown might have a reputation as a slightly whacked-out lefty, but he apparently packs heat occasionally—just like his more conservative countrymen. Brown revealed before a slightly stunned press corps that he owns not one, but three, guns. He divulged no other facts, and his spokeswoman declined...

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