Tag: jail
TOPEKA — A representative for the Kansas Sentencing Commission says research casts doubt on the theory that increased prison sentences will effectively deter people from drug misuse or drug-related crimes. According to a 2018 study…
Allen County’s first jail is brimming with ghosts. Some are trying to escape. Others teeter on the brink of madness. A few are just plain drunk and disorderly. Last time I walked by, the specter…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The number of inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 at a jail in Wichita has grown to more than 500. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office has conducted mass testing of…
China’s decision to impose its national-security law on Hong Kong is a seismic event that goes well beyond the sad fate of its 7.5 million people. The illegal takeover shows that Beijing’s Communist rulers are…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Advocates are urging Kansas officials to release and safeguard inmates after the state prison system reported its first COVID-19 cases in three staff members and at least one jail worker in…
LANCASTER, Ky. (AP) Authorities in Kentucky say theyve arrested a man who wanted to go to jail to support his jailed girlfriend. Raymond Pace, 47, was charged with offenses including possession of methamphetamine, heroin…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A man who may have been dreaming of a green Christmas found himself inside the gray walls of a Tennessee jail. According to court documents, state police caught Somphone Temmeraj, 57,…
Holes punched in walls. Car headlights smashed. Windows broken. Weapons, threats, sexual comments. Children who cant live with other children. Children whom foster parents wont take in. Children who arent able to get the mental…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita lawyer has admitted to paying a software engineer who launched cyberattacks on websites that criticized the attorneys work. Court filings show 63-year-old Bradley A. Pistotnik pleaded guilty Tuesday to…
An Iola man who was arrested on Wednesday in connection to an armed robbery, bonded out of the Allen County Jail on the same day. According to a jail employee, Robert Alvin Peterson, 39, posted…
