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Thursday, November 08, 2012  -  by Eric ThomasSAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --The passage of Proposition 36 this week signals a new cost-conscious view of crime and punishment. Revising the state's three strikes law means thousands of prison inmates could soon be back on the streets.With the help of Califo...

By Dan Harris and Lauren Effron | ABC News – Nov 7, 2012A man who spent almost four decades in prison for killing two people in the Arizona desert today pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder and will go free.Bill Macumber entered a plea in Maricopa County Superior Court un...

November 17, 2011 - by Walter PavloEach day at minimum (camp) and low security federal prisons across the country, inmates walk out the front gate and get into a cab for a ride to the bus stop or train to transfer to another prison. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has a furlough program that allows i...

September 19, 2012 - By Walter PavloFirst, there are no conjugal visits in Federal Prison, and certainly there is no fraternization between staff and inmates…or at least there is not supposed to be. That was a line crossed by Lori Sue Helmick who was a nurse at a federal prison in Hazelton, WV. H...

September 17, 2012 - By Walter PavloWhen the Bureau of Prisons first started Federal Prison Industries (aka UNICOR) it was intended to provide skills for inmates so that upon release they would have a skill that would allow them to become a functioning part of society. It also kept them busy inst...

While drug use and addiction are rampant among our nation's prison population, far too often the avenues for treatment are minimal. One option that is available in federal prisons is the Residential Drug Abuse Program, commonly referred to as RDAP. The aim of this intensive treatment program ...

Rivera spent 2 decades in prison before DNA helped clear himFormer inmate Juan Rivera is hugged Tuesday by Christine Agaiby of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth at a news conference. Rivera said he filed a lawsuit so others would not have to endure what he did. “It’s not just about m...

TWIN FALLS – The trial for a man accused of sexually exploiting a 16-year-old girl ended in a mistrial this morning during the opening statements.October 29, 2012  - By Alison Gene SmithTWIN FALLS • Robert Benjamin Brackett has been in the Twin Falls County Jail for almost two years and still has...

By Jay Price  -  OCT 27, 2012 BUTNER -- The same middleman arrangement that may keep Duke’s health care system and a host of local doctors from recovering more than $8 million they’re owed for treating inmates at the Federal Correctional Complex at Butner could also prevent a former prisoner from...