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Dario Panteh, 19, was found hanging in his cell about 12:44 a.m. Sunday

March 06, 2012 04:54 AM

NY sex offender gets 23 years in dancer’s death

A New York sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison for suffocating an aspiring dancer from Texas and dumping her body 85 miles away

March 06, 2012 04:32 AM

Conn. high court rules prisoners can be force-fed

Inmates who go on hunger strikes can be restrained and force-fed to protect them from death

March 05, 2012 04:56 PM

Police: Pa. man tries high-fiving cop, gets arrested

Gerald Decker was driving early Feb. 19 when an officer noticed that Decker’s car didn’t have its lights on and flagged him down

March 05, 2012 03:51 AM

Ga. deputy accused of having sex with inmate

Deputy Duone Clark, 40, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with sexual assault and violation of oath by a public officer

February 10, 2012 04:49 AM

Policy questioned after freed Ill. inmates reoffend

There are currently 148 inmates with immigration holds still in county jail but up for release if they make bond

February 10, 2012 04:45 AM

Convicted NY fraudster sentenced in hit plot

Aaron Hand was sentenced Monday to an additional eight to 16 years in prison for the contract-killing scheme

February 07, 2012 11:35 AM

Maine woman eats drugs on way to jail

The woman attempted to ingest diverted Klonopin, an anti-anxiety medication

February 07, 2012 11:20 AM

Group wants DNA test in 1992 Ky. ‘satanic’ killing

The case is a challenge to the scope of Kentucky’s post-conviction DNA testing law

February 07, 2012 10:54 AM

Ex-deputies charged in assault of Tenn. inmate

Former Deputies John Wilburn and Thomas Goodman were charged with assault Wednesday for allegedly pepperspraying an inmate while he was secured in a restraint chair

February 02, 2012 04:17 AM