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With an investigation Golf Digest helped open, an Erie County court vacated Dixon's murder conviction after he had already served 27 years in jail   By Max Adler September 19, 2018 After 27 years in prison, a man who loves golf walked free today. Not only that, he ...

JPay wins new contract, inmates screwed again September 16, 2018 Inmates in Florida prisons will soon have to trade in their mp3 players—some of which contain years of legally downloaded music. According to the Tampa Bay Times, over the last seven year...

Prison reform activists demand inmates be evacuated before Hurricane Florence destruction September 12, 2018 By David Travis Bland COLUMBIA - Stephanie Serna stood on the east side of the State House on Wednesday with a handful of prison reform advocat...

What happens to state prisoners in the path of a hurricane, especially those prisons and county jails near the coastline. As thousands flee Hurricane Florence, there are many who are not free to leave at all. As the Category 2 storm bears down on the East Coast, both North and South Ca...

Ran the "pump and dump" fraud from federal prison in Miami Eddy Marin is best known for helping Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein hide more than $1 million worth of jewelry. Now a fugitive from justice after going on the lam before sentencing for his latest offense, h...

By Dalvin Brown - USA Today A nationwide prison strike is in its third day, and while there’s no official count of the number of inmates who have acted thus far, solidarity rallies have popped up across the USin an attempt to pressure the nation’s criminal justice system.&#...

  An arrest has been made in the death of Mollie Tibbets, a 20-year-old who went missing more than a month ago in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the death the Universit...

Despite fighting California's largest fires, inmates are denied licenses they need to become firefighters after they get out. Nick Sibilla, Opinion contributor - Aug. 20, 2018 As California struggles to contain the largest fire in state history, more than 2,000 inmates have ...

For companies like JPay, the business model is simple: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their families will find a way to pay it. By Victoria Law - Wired Last July, as she has for the past 10 years, Dianne Jones spent 45 minutes on a city bus heading ...