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Two men who spent nearly 15 years on death row for the 1993 killing of a teenage girl during a drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City were released from prison after prosecutors dropped the murder case against them.
Five people wrongly convicted for a 1985 rape and murder have filed claims seeking millions of dollars from Nebraska.
The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates.
The nation's food banks, struggling to meet demand in hard times, are turning to prison inmates for free labor to help feed the hungry.
A group of Tampa inmates is offering a taste of what it's like jail — no locks, bars or handcuffs required. But you'd better have an tough stomach to use more than a dash of their "Jailhouse Fire Hot Sauce." Minimum-security Hillsborough County Jail inmates offer it in "Original," "Smoke" and "No Escape" varieties, all made from their jail-grown peppers.
Two inmates at the Chatham County jail in coastal Georgia got burned by their own smoking habit when they started a fire trying to light a handmade cigarette with a spark from an electrical socket.
The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a YouTube video of their "Thriller" dance swayed and stomped again Saturday in a behind-bars tribute to their idol, Michael Jackson.
Two New Jersey men whose escape from jail led to the suicide of a corrections officer and spurred comparisons to the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" were given maximum prison sentences Friday by a judge who rejected their attorneys' pleas for leniency.
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state's prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
Authorities have recaptured two men who escaped from the seventh floor of a jail in eastern Texas.
Two men whose daring breakout from a New Jersey jail evoked comparisons to the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" have pleaded guilty to escape charges.
A multistate hunt for three escaped inmates accused of attacking three men while on the run in Kentucky and stealing a dozen guns, cash and a truck ended Thursday with the convicts being taken into custody in Nebraska, the state patrol said.
Only in America can an ex-con go on a reality television program and dedicate a cha cha cha set to Janet Jackson’s “Nasty Girls” to the ladies she left behind in a Federal Detention Center.
An entrepreneurial spirit struck Allan Parmelee last fall as he sat in a Washington state prison, where he's serving 17 years for bombing the cars of two lawyers.
Five people imprisoned for the 1985 rape and murder of a 68-year-old woman were pardoned Monday, two months after investigators said DNA evidence proved they were innocent.
It costs the state of Connecticut at least $1,600 every time multiple murder suspect Joshua Komisarjevsky appears in a courtroom.
Three people recently freed after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a murder they didn't commit face many challenges as they re-enter society: finding jobs and a place to live, achieving financial security and fighting negative perceptions about ex-convicts.
Tracey Johnson wields a chain saw, tosses branches and rakes brush under the punishing sun and a heavy pack as smoke from a raging wildfire looms over the mountains nearby.
A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for having sex with two inmates while a chaplain at a women's prison.
A former prison guard romantically involved with one of the two inmates she helped escape pleaded guilty Friday to a federal firearms charge, telling relatives she now realizes she was used.
The Supreme Court turned down an appeal Monday from a county sheriff who objects to transporting jail inmates for elective abortions.
Two men whose daring escape from a New Jersey jail was reminiscent of the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" pleaded not guilty Monday to escape charges.
Guards did not search the cells of two inmates for more than two months before they escaped by chipping holes in cinder-block walls, prosecutors said Monday in a scathing report that could lead to the firings of some officers.
Two inmates returned Friday to the scene of their daring Hollywood-style escape last month, which also led to the suicide of one of their guards.
As a fugitive captured in Mexico was brought back to New Jersey Thursday, the Rev. Al Sharpton said criticism of his efforts to get the escapee to surrender was due to a law enforcement "turf war."
Fart-fueled fight leads to felony chargesA few prisoners at the Dakota County Jail were involved in fisticuffs last month, but officials believe the bout came from rather unusual origins.
Prison inmates find drugs in fruit donated by policeThe fruit — which was donated by the Edinburg Police Department — originally came from a produce truck from which officers had seized more than a half a ton of the drug, Police Chief Quirino Muñoz said.
Ohio to switch to 1 drug for lethal injection Ohio has become the first state to adopt a procedure for lethal injections that uses one drug, amethod, never tried before on U.S.
Murderers making their own prison bars You've probably heard of prison inmates making license plates. But at Indiana State Prison, they're making something different -- very different.
Inmates Train Abandoned Dogs For Families - Family News StoryLAS VEGAS -- Last year, almost 25,000 animals were put down at the four Las Vegas Valley shelters. But some dogs are getting a second chance thanks to an unlikely source -- inmates. Someone please convince me this is not a positive program! For everyone involved!
64 yr-old guard attacked by 24 yr-old inmate. Inmates come to guard's aid.Hillsborough County, Florida, Deputy Kenneth Moon was alone at his station at a county jail facility near Tampa when an inmate attacked him with no warning.
Inmates rescue sheriff's deputy in jail attack A Hillsborough County Detention Deputy was nearly killed in a jail house attack that was caught on tape. Deputy Ken Moon was the only guard in a pod at the Orient Road Jail with 62 inmates Monday afternoon when the attack occurred.
Alcoholic hand gel removed from prison after inmates use it to make 'hooch'Alcohol hand gel used to combat swine flu has been banned from a jail after inmates got drunk on the liquid soap. The hygiene gel dispensers were introduced on wings to prevent the spread of swine flu earlier this month.
Deadly prisons - Alabama supreme court rules on open records act"Citizens are entitled to information regarding the affairs of their government," says Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mike Bolin.
DNA Samples Of Over 12,000 Convicted Felons MissingMILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin's attorney general says as many as 12,000 convicted felons may not have their DNA on file.
Inmates fire up sales of jail-produced hot sauceSome Florida minimum-security inmates want to know: Can you handle the heat?Hot sauce heat, that is -- Jail House Fire Hot Sauce, cooked up by inmates at the Hillsborough County Jail and now offered for sale.
Woman Sentenced To 52 Months For Stealing From Inmates A woman accused of stealing more than $240,000 was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday.
For jail, transgender inmates can make placement tricky -- OrlandoSentinel.comInmates booked into the Orange County Jail are quickly shown where they will spend their time behind bars — men with men and women with women.
3,900 Stimulus Checks Went to Prison InmatesThe federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates.
Official: Prison Beyond Repair - Kentucky.comNorthpoint Medium Security Prison in Burgin, KY likely to be razed, rebuilt after buildings burned by rioting inmates.
Rioting inmates set central Ky. prison ablazeRioting inmates started several fires at a central Ky. prison, and damage to several buildings was so extensive that officials have to bus some of the facility's 1,200 prisoners elsewhere, police said Saturday.
Kentucky Prison Riot: Riot and Fires at Northpoint Training Center Subdued (Includes Link to 3:06 Video)A prison riot that included inmates setting multiple fires at Northpoint Training Center in Kentucky, on August 21, 2009, has been subdued. This article includes a link to a 3:06 video.
Inmates set fires in riot at central Ky. prison Police in riot gear have entered a medium-security men's prison in Kentucky where inmates have set fire to at least two buildings. A prison spokeswoman says no injuries have been reported and no hostages have been taken.
Mich. prison opens doors to Calif. inmatesThese days, a new mural graces the walls of Six Block. At the end of each tier of 22 maximum-security cells, the white, cinder-block walls sport the bright logos of teams the residents follow: the Detroit Pistons, Michigan State, the Detroit Red Wings.
Despite Red Flags, Judges Ran Kickback Scheme for Years - NYTimes.comEvidence of corruption in the highest ranks. The Declaration of Independence speaks of Life, LIberty, and Justice. Like the ten commandments there are but a few things specifically call out and Justice is one. I assure you, if there is corruption there. it is every where.
Judge's Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising It took just 80 words for a federal appeals court to deny Kevin Cooper's most recent plea to avoid execution. But attached to that order was a forceful 101-page dissent by a judge, all but pleading to spare Mr. Cooper's life.
It's hot -- Look what's cooking inside the jailhouseThe heat is on. That's 'cause the inmates at Tampa's Falkenburg Road Jail are cooking -- hot sauce, that is. Jailhouse Fire Hot Sauce, to be exact.
Plagiarizing poems A prisoners' newspaper at a U.K. jail may have to axe its poetry page if inmates don't stop plagiarizing poems in a bid to win a $37 prize.
Alcatraz turns 75A crowd marked the 75th anniversary of the opening of Alcatraz Sunday, with an ex-inmate among those celebrating on The Rock.
Judges order state to release nearly 43,000 prisoners in next two years California's prisons are so overcrowded that the state is violating inmates' constitutional rights, three federal judges ruled today in a decision imposing a cap on the prison population that will force the state to release nearly 43,000 prisoners over the next two years.
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