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Ken. inmates gaining access to more cellphones

The devices are being found in their hands at alarming rates

April 15, 2012 06:55 PM

Prosecutors trying for longer prison sentences for heroin use

Officials are dusting off little-used laws to seek murder charges against suspected dealers

April 14, 2012 11:11 AM

2 inmates escape Colo. prison

Officials realized Eric Rivera and Victor Beltran were missing about 4 p.m

April 14, 2012 10:52 AM

Ill. immigrant jail threatened by contractor issue

Some residents bristled at the notion of becoming a prison town

April 14, 2012 10:41 AM

Jail’s hiring freeze has Ga. judge annoyed

Judge has given Fulton County two weeks to explain why it has a hiring freeze at the lockup in violation of a consent decree that resolved a 2004 lawsuit

April 11, 2012 06:07 AM

NY woman charged with faking cancer for wedding

Jessica Vega has been indicted on charges of fraud and grand larceny for getting her “dream wedding” by falsely claiming she was dying of leukemia

April 11, 2012 05:00 AM

Failed probes against enemies dog Ariz. sheriff

Aborted corruption investigations have succeeded in getting one of the lawman’s top allies disbarred

April 11, 2012 04:39 AM

Mass. police put the squeeze on toothpaste thief

Man is suspected of trying to steal a shopping cart full of toothpaste from a western Massachusetts grocery store

April 10, 2012 06:28 AM

Ill. sheriff changes plans to enter jail as inmate

Sheriff Mark Curran wanted to “highlight the realities of the exceptional treatment of the inmates at his jail”

April 10, 2012 05:38 AM

Conn. boy brings heroin for show and tell, dad arrested

Santos Roman went to the school to retrieve the drugs and found police waiting for him

April 10, 2012 03:50 AM