LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Inmates increasingly use drones to smuggle anything from cell phones to weapons into jails across the country, according to Department of Justice (DOJ) documents released in mid-June. The documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, reveal more than a dozen attempts to transport mobile phones, drugs, and porn…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Dozens of Baltimore County residents who want the local jail to participate in a federal initiative to identify criminal alien prisoners made their case at a hearing Tuesday evening, but lawmakers appear unlikely to pass a bill authorizing the program. Concerned citizens voiced their support during a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr A Florida circuit court judge ruled Tuesday that a Hollywood man must serve 180 days in jail for refusing to give up his iPhone password to police. Christopher Wheeler was arrested and charged with child abuse in March, and detectives believe his phone contains images of the child’s injuries,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russian President Vladimir Putin is jailing critics and protesters amid the biggest challenge to his power in years. Alexei Navalny was jailed and fined Monday for a period of fifteen days. Navalny’s arrest was accompanied by nearly 1,000 other arrests after protesters clashed with police. The gathering…
By Amber Loveshe On the night of April 27, 2013, in Johns Creek, Georgia, the words, “No, stop,” were said to have been mumbled by an intoxicated female, confirming the assumptions made by witnesses that the sexual altercation occurring at the neighborhood playground was bereft of consent. The three girls gasped as they pieced together…
By Kody Fairfield The “Mannequin Challenge” is one of the newest trends that has been setting the internet ablaze. The short films showing people pretending to be frozen in time, while Black Beatles by Rae Sremmurd plays in the background, has been done by celebrities, police departments, sports teams, and now… prison inmates. The Associated Press through KFI, a…
Andrew Follett Bill Nye the “Science Guy,” said he’s ok with throwing global warming skeptics in jail, during an interview with the conservative Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) published on Youtube Wednesday. Nye was asked by CFACT interviewer Marc Morano if he agrees with other green activists that the government should throw global warming skeptics into jail as criminals,…
Last November we ran a story on Robert Battle, a man who was reelected to city council seat one month after being charged with murder. On Friday, Battle was sworn in while behind bars at a local jail. The Chicago Tribune reports: Sheriff David Reynolds confirmed Saturday that an unnamed official was brought in to…
First it was militias flocking to protect a rancher. Now bikers are riding to free a Marine. Nationwide, outrage over the government’s actions (or inaction) has spurred ordinary citizens to take a stand for justice. Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi‘s has been imprisoned in Tijuana, Mexico for the past three months. After making a wrong turn across…
PHOENIX, AZ–The incompetence of government health care continues to be revealed as VA scandals continue to make headlines, but there’s one place a vet can still go to be taken care of. Last week, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona stated vets were receiving better care in prison than at the VA hospital. As…