A pair of gym shoes. Retail fraud is what they called it. It is kind of like a hell hole. I never want to go back to prison again in my life. I starved for 14 days at a time 3 times. They didnt feed me for 14 days 3 times. Why are you so skinny and small . I did not get meals. It is a consequence, in significant ways, of what has been called the war on drugs, to exploit what was a widespread perceived fear of the impact of narcotics, and this war on drugs was in many ways racialized. The laws were targeted frankly lowlevel street dealers and mainly from the Africanamerican Community in inner cities. Professor Michelle Alexander wrote a book called the new jim crow and suggested that the number of people incarcerated, particularly africanamericans, was so high that it seemed to suggest that some kind of unfair discrimination was going on in our criminal justice system. Racial minorities in this country are still racial minorities. If you look at their percentage of representation in the
First on 13. Two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. But for correctional officers. The escape feels like deja vu. Michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. The two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newtons facility in just one month. 28yearold edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. He was captured a day later in des moines. Now the department of corrections says it cant say for sure whether most people, if they make this choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any Public Safety or not. both men were serving sentences on drug charges. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 immediately. Were learning more about a sunday night shooting on des moines east side. Police have named the victim. H
And it comes a little over a month after police say 28year old edward shorter did the same thing. Escape from the newton correctional facility. Shorter was captured a day later in des moines after walking away from the facility. Channel 13s mike dasilva joins us. Mike. Two more inmates escaped last night. It was saturday night during a routine count when it was discovered the inmates were missing. At 9 25 inmate Michael Amodeo was discovered missing. Then at at 10 05 , inmate jessy foley was discovered missing as well. Both men were serving sentences on drug charges. The department of corrections says most of the people in the facility the inmates escaped from are working their way out of the system. 02 56 1228 are people who have completed their recommended programming and services and are basically working their way out system so. A lot of times the parole board will want somebody to spend some time in minimum security before they consider putting them on some type of release. Either
Temperatures have dropped back to the 40s. A winter talking about hand sizes and the ku klux klan on super tuesday eve. News at four front door open good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. Skies are cloudy and temperatures have dropped back to the 40s. A Winter Weather advisory begins at 6 pm. A light rain snow mix will develop through 9 pm. It will transition to all snow by 11 pm. It will continue through early tuesday morning. 1 to 2 of snow looks to fall in the metro, but should be done by the morning drive in. It will be colder and cloudy through the day on tuesday. Temperatures the community of grimes will have to find a new place to workout. Today the ymca announced its closing its grimes location and also ditching plans to build a new town. Stephanie moore joins us with an update, steph residents and city leaders in to the city. And some feel like the rug was pulled out from underneath them when the news hit. The grimes ymca opened in spac
A des moines man is on trial for troy mure junior is accused of driving more than three times the speed limit when he crashed and his passenger was killed. More on the first day of testimony from the polk county courthouse. Jannay witnesses described a in a deadly crash on a november accident investigators determined that troy mure junior, aged 24, was traveling at least 86 miles an hour when he wrapped his car around a utility pole. Nats of 911 call one of the responding officers called the crash one of the worst, most traumatic scenes, hes seen in his nearly 18 years on the job. And he cant believe anyone walked away. Fisher 11 36 15 very surprised because of the way the vehicle looked. It was just, dont understand how he survived. Mures passenger, 22 year old Scalicity Perez boyd, did not. Her mother took the stand to talk about her baby. A mother herself. Barber 10 27 30 she was a friend to anyone rather if you liked her or not, youre going to like her at the end of the day the mor