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Fla. senator: Private prisons aren’t necessarily cheaper

Proposal would be the most sweeping prison-privatization move in the country

February 13, 2012 05:26 AM

Work programs benefit inmates, officers in NY facilities

New York prisons instituted a mandatory work program in the early 1990s and most of their 56,000 inmates have jobs, earning as little as 10 cents an hour for work like routine cleaning

February 13, 2012 04:50 AM

No jail for workers who opened Mass. pool with body

The body of 36-year-old Marie Joseph was found June 28, two days after she was reported missing while swimming at the Lafayette Park pool

February 08, 2012 04:32 AM

2 high profile convicts try prison break in Serbia

Sretko Kalinic and Zeljko Milovanovic broke down their cell doors, attacked a CO and jumped out of the window into the yard,

February 07, 2012 04:13 AM

Court refuses to shorten jail sentence for man being deported

An appellate court panel recently upheld a 55-year prison sentence issued to a Jamaican citizen

February 07, 2012 04:09 AM

Why we incarcerate: An introduction

For the past three months, ten of my graduate students and I have investigated this controversial topic

January 31, 2012 06:28 AM

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Dr. Bruce Bayley

Jail for man who attacked police with light sabers

Police say David Canterbury had a Star Wars light saber in each hand as he swung at three customers last Dec. at a Toys R Us store

January 31, 2012 03:56 AM

Miss. AG: Pardoned killer located in Wyo.

Joseph Ozment was among 198 people pardoned by Barbour in his final days in office

January 31, 2012 03:51 AM

NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds

Prosecutors say the man filed the bogus returns from 2006 to 2010 while at various state prisons

January 29, 2012 03:52 PM

Document: Dougherty sibling planned jail escape

Dylan Dougherty, 26, wrote a note to his sister telling her he was going to break her out of jail

January 27, 2012 09:20 AM