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Mississippi man gets prison for health care fraud
Thu,04/14/22-10:06AM , 289 Reads
GULFPORT Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who posed as a doctor in Biloxi has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud.
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Pope Francis hoists the Gospel book during a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 14, 2022. During the mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope visits Italian prison for Holy Week foot-washing ritual
Thu,04/14/22-4:56AM , 145 Reads
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a prison near Rome in a Holy Thursday ritual that symbolizes humility and service and highlights his papacy's attention to those on society's margins.
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A poster created by the Ohio prisons system in partnership with the Ohio State Highway Patrol to promote a tip phone line and email address for an initiative dubbed “Know Something? Tell us,” that offers possible rewards for reports of contraband is shown March 28, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. From X-ray body scanners to anti-drone technology, the state is ramping up efforts to keep contraband out of Ohio prisons as drugs and other illicit goods flood inside, even when visitation was curbed during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

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Ohio prisons ramping up fight against flow of contraband
Tue,04/12/22-6:39AM , 203 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — From X-ray body scanners to anti-drone technology, the state is ramping up efforts to keep contraband out of Ohio prisons as drugs and other illicit goods flood inside, even when visitation was curbed during the pandemic.
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Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, left, welcomes Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to the chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, April 1, 2022. A number of lawmakers greeted the governor as he dropped by to observe the body in session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi gov signs bill expanding inmates' work release
Mon,04/11/22-4:15PM , 198 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will expand a work release program for nonviolent inmates from one county to three counties.

Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 586 on Friday, and it will become law July 1.
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