TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): April 3, 1997 Sentencing Date: 1998 Current Status: Convicted inmates serving life sentences FACILITY: Name: United States Penitentiary, Lompoc State: California Security Level: Medium In the quiet, rolling hills of California, nestled within a landscape that belies its grim purpose, stands the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc. On April 3, 1997, this […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): 1990s-2012 Sentencing Date: 2014 Current Status: Incarcerated FACILITY: Name: Various Federal Prisons State: Texas and other states Security Level: High In the dark corridors of the U.S. prison system, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) etched its name as a powerful and feared entity. By the late 1990s and into the early […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): September 9-13, 1971 Sentencing Date: Various (post-uprising trials) Current Status: Resolved with ongoing reforms and historical analysis FACILITY: Name: Attica Correctional Facility State: New York Security Level: Maximum In the early hours of September 9, 1971, tensions that had been simmering beneath the surface of Attica Correctional Facility in New York erupted […]