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10/27/2012  by Shannon MoroneyAt age 30, Shannon Moroney had it all. In October 2005, she married Jason, a man that she had known for three years. Their wedding was joyful, celebrated with loving family and friends. She enjoyed the esteem and respect of her colleagues at the high school where she...

JIM FITZGERALD  -  October 25, 2012 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dental floss may prevent toothaches, but it's given jailers plenty of headaches.When a group of New York prisoners sued last month to demand access to dental floss, officials said they had to consider "security issues." As it turn...

2001 Federal Sentencing Guideline Manual§5K1.1.Substantial Assistance to Authorities (Policy Statement)Upon motion of the government stating that the defendant has provided substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense, the court may dep...

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 the California Rehabilitation Center, CRC Men's jail is seen in Norco, Calif. A program, called The Urban Ministry Institute, TUMI, started as an experiment in Norco's prison four years ago and is now expanding to 18 California prisons and nearly 900 inm...

Inmates who are visited frequently through programs such as Children's Justice Alliance often change their thinking and ultimately their behavior. Inmates who were visited were 13 less likely to get re-convicted for a felony, according to a Minnesota Department of Corrections study.&#...

Charged with murder as a youth, Christopher Sturm looks ahead to pending release in April 2013Photo courtesy of Tammy SturmJasmine Rogers,The Marietta Times  -  October 20, 2012Twenty-year-old Bryan Christopher Sturm, of Lower Salem, has never met his nieces and nephews. He has never learned to d...

22 inmates tested positive for drug, leading jailers to ask:  How did they get it into jail?By Douglas Jordan Special to The Record  -  Oct. 18, 2012Last month, 22 female inmates at the St. Johns County Jail tested positive for an illegal drug, leaving authorities scratching their heads at just h...

Solitary confinement is wrong, whether it's in here or in IranOp-Ed  -  By Shane Bauer  -  October 18, 2012Seven months after my release from captivity in Iran, I am standing in a prison cell again. Like the cells I've gone back to in my dreams, this one was built for solitary confinement, and as...

By Steve McConnell - The Times-Tribune, Scranton - October 15, 2012Stephanie Lanza locked eyes with her uncle's killer and bade him a bitter goodbye."Knowing that you'll never see the outside world again makes me smile," Lanza said Friday before a federal judge sentenced Allen Archie Hu...