All posts tagged "Prisons"

The Department of Justice awarded a $106 million contract to Elliott Broidy, a GOP fundraiser whom Trump pardoned in 2021, according to new reporting by the Guardian.

Broidy lists himself as the founder and CEO of LEO Technologies, a company that won a contract from the DOJ's Bureau of Prisons last month, according to the Guardian.

The DOJ is contracting with Broidy's company to use AI to transcribe, translate, and monitor prison phone calls, the Guardian added. ...

This article originally appeared in Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism as a public service.

David Coker stepped off an inmate transport bus at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center expecting to be interviewed, photographed and fingerprinted.

The then 42-year-old, sentenced to 15 years for first-degree rape in Oklahoma County, started the state’s booking process for county jail transfers without issue. Prisoners chatted and joked in a holding cell to pass the time as they awaited a medical assessment around noon on Feb. 10, 2023. ...

In the midst of recent violent clashes between criminal gangs and state security forces in Ecuador, 41 prison officers who had been taken hostage have been released. A total of 24 prison guards and 17 administrative staff have been released, the penitentiary authority announced on Saturday. However, 136 prison officers are still being held by prisoners in several prisons throughout the South American country. One guard was killed and another injured in fights in one prison, the statement added. Criminal gangs had recently rioted in several prisons and seized numerous guards. Many prisons in Ec......

This article originally appeared in Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism as a public service.

When Aberdeen Enterprizes II threatened to have her arrested over $1,200 in outstanding court fines and fees, Kendy Killman became a prisoner in her own home.

The mother of eight feared being arrested unexpectedly, so she avoided unnecessary trips to the grocery store or her children’s school. She said the third-party debt collector rejected her proposition to set up a monthly payment plan, wanting only a lump sum or nothing at all. ...