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By Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY VISTA, Calif. – Former NFL star Kellen Winslow II has submitted a handwritten petition from prison that argues the physical trauma he suffered during his football career entitles him to a reduced prison sentence under a new California law that went into...

By Walter Pavlo - Forbes The White House is planning to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, marking the end of various programs including one that allowed federal prisoners to serve a portion of their prison term on home confinement. Starting in early 2020, ...

Julie and Todd Chrisley pictured in November 2019. (Photo: Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images for E3 Chophouse Nashville) Tue, January 17, 2023 By Raechal Shewfelt ·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment Julie (72601-019) and Todd Chrisley (72600-019) begin their pr...

Inmate Tree Trim Training - Prisoners work on climbing indoor at the Parnall Correctional Facility's Vocational Village in Jackson, Mich., By Corey Williams Fri January 6, 2023 JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — When Scott Steffes leaves Michigan's Parnall Correctional Facilit...

By Will Feuer - WSJ Dec. 29, 2022 The Federal Communications Commission is set to gain the ability to cap prices on in-state calls made from prisons and jails, giving the federal regulator more power to tackle what it has called excessive rates.  The FCC would hav...

Cindy Ord | Credit: Getty Images for Fanatics December 24, 2022 Meek Mill and the REFORM Alliance recently celebrated a major milestone in their work to reduce mass incarceration. On Christmas Eve, the organization released 20 women from the Riverside Correctiona...

Fox Hill Prison in Bahamas had cells 'infested with rats, maggots, and insects,' State Department wrote in 2021 By Greg Norman FOXBusiness The Bahamas prison where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly heading following his arrest was flagged by the U.S. State Departme...

President Joe Biden confirmed WNBA star has been released from a Russian prison Brittney Griner was originally arrested at a Russian airport in February. (Photo by EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) By Tyler Greenwalt - Yahoo News Thu, December 8, 2022...

Credit: Courtesy MTV Documentary Films By Hanna Pham - CNN "Apokaluptein: 16389067" is what artist Jesse Krimes dubbed his prison contraband — a project so off-limits, he had to create it behind bars in secret and smuggle it out. The work hap...