Outrage over Netflix’s ‘reckless’ Unlocked experiment that gives inmates including murderers the run of prison in Arkansas
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- April 13, 2024
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Sheriff Eric Higgins gave film crew full access to Pulaski County jail in Arkansas Inmates filmed making jail wine, smoking, getting in fights without guards Higgins hailed experiment a success but local officials furious he didn’t tell them Inmates made three gallons of illegal ‘hooch’ and bashed a man for cheating at cards when they were […]
Read MoreALGOP pushing for bill to allow jailing of librarians | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
There has been a longstanding exemption in Alabama’s Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act for libraries and their agents pursuing “legitimate educational purposes.” The Alabama Republican Party voted Saturday to encourage the Legislature to repeal that code section, which would allow for librarians to face criminal charges for a purported violation of the code. APR reached out to […]
Read MoreFight like hell, Mayor Adams
Opinion editorial By Post Editorial Board Published Dec. 25, 2023, 10:07 a.m. ET Speaker Adrienne Adams poked Mayor Adams in the eye last week, passing Public Advocate Jumaane Williams’ bills to ban solitary confinement and bury cops under massive amounts of unnecessary paperwork. Matthew McDermott Speaker Adrienne Adams and the City Council poked Mayor Adams […]
Read MoreSt. Louis aldermen buck mayor, aim to bolster jail oversight
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- September 15, 2023
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ST. LOUIS — Aldermen are trying to make it easier for a city oversight board to investigate problems at the downtown jail, after what advocates have called unacceptable obstruction from Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ administration. A bill from Alderman Rasheen Aldridge, of Downtown, would let the board hire its own lawyer, force city leaders to […]
Read MoreLongview City Council plans workshop to review the municipal court’s track record | #citycouncil
Longview City Councilmember Mike Wallin and City Manager Kurt Sacha discuss the need for a criminal justice and courts workshop during the Dec. 8 council meeting. (KLTV, Contributed) The Longview City Council will be taking a harder look at its relationship with the court system next year. A somewhat pro forma vote at Thursday […]
Read More‘Meet the Mayor’: Discussion on infrastructure, homelessness, and more | News
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- October 1, 2022
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Several area residents met at the Tahlequah Municipal Armory Friday afternoon to discuss their concerns with the mayor. Mayor Sue Catron spoke with about seven people about issues pertaining to city roads, homelessness, traffic congestion, and more. The first topic discussed pertained to the roads in Tahlequah. “We had a problem with our streets and […]
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