Tag: Bureau Of Prisons
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Trump-backed Tina Peters faces state resistance in transfer to federal custody
Colorado’s attorney general said he opposes efforts to move former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from a state prison to a federal one, though he refused to comment on the specifics. In a statement to Colorado Politics on Monday, Phil Weiser said there is “no basis” for a request to transfer Peters, who was convicted…
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Judge declines to dismiss inmate lawsuit over attack at Supermax prison
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A federal judge has once again rejected the federal government’s wish to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for a prison yard attack on an inmate. Within 24 hours of his arrival at the United States Penitentiary at Florence, David J. Martin alleged he was stabbed 19 times with a knife by his co-defendant in…
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Federal judge considers ‘misleading’ prison explanation of Boston bomber’s restrictions
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday questioned a Federal Bureau of Prisons official about the accuracy of the bureau’s response to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man sentenced to death for killing four people in April 2013 in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing, and who is now challenging…