‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates

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BY  SARAH RANKIN Updated 2:49 AM EDT, May 19, 2024 Originally published by AP News.   RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia. “How do you […]

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Williams: Irvo Otieno’s family needs the Justice Department, without delay

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Originally published on May 10, 2024 MIKE KROPF, Richmond-Times Dispatch When Ann Cabell Baskervill announced she was resigning as Dinwiddie County commonwealth’s attorney to attend graduate school in France, it wasn’t hard to foresee her dream becoming an American nightmare for Kenyan immigrant Caroline Ouko. Ouko is the mother of Irvo Otieno, 28, who died of […]

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