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The first two years of Steven Hartzell's prison term were filled with aimless, seemingly endless days.Then the Indianapolis resident, who was serving a 10-year sentence for robbery at the Putnamville Correctional Facility in Greencastle, met Rosey, a former racing greyhound.Hartzell was one of th...

Friday, October 12, 2012BUNNELL --After spending some time in the Flagler County Inmate Facility, two inmates will be ready to work in an area restaurant thanks to a new program introduced by Flagler County Sheriff Donald W. Fleming.Inmate Trustees Oleh Dubrovskyy and Justin Hurt were assigned to...

October 12, 2012  -  Associated PressDALLAS – A Dallas woman who beat her 2-year-old daughter and glued the toddler's hands to a wall was sentenced Friday to 99 years in prison by a judge who described his decision as a necessary punishment for a brutal, shocking attack.Elizabeth Escalona did not...

by Anthony Papa Manager, Media Relations, Drug Policy AllianceOctober 10, 2012Before being found guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse and then being sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison, Jerry Sandusky astounded the nation. He had the audacity to make an unapologetic statement that was broadca...

The 6-foot-5 Murray, serving a four-year term in the singer’s 2009 death, was rushed to the hospital this week fearing he might die from blood clots in his legs, lawyer Michael Flanagan said.FREDERICK M. BROWN/GETTY IMAGES  - Dr. Conrad Murray is suffering dangerously slow blood flow in lower ext...

By Claire Dorotik, LMFTWhile there may be some people who believe that inmates cannot, or should not be rehabilitated, returning them back to civilian life in a productive way is actually the original purpose of our prisons. Yet just how, may still evade us. So it may be surprising then that some...

Antoinette McGowan,Yahoo! Contributor Network Jan 19, 2007 While so many prison inmates are waiting to get release there are a few that will do anything to stay in there. If released they will do what they have to get sent back. These people seem to be addicted to prison life. For them the addi...

By Amy Neff Roth - Observer-Dispatch  -  June 25, 2012 ROME —Joseph Henry, 70, expects to die in prison. Incarcerated at age 49, Henry won’t be eligible for parole until he’s 89. He’s serving 40 years to life for criminal possession of a controlled substance, his sentence made tougher under the...

Next year in Otisville! (Unless you’re paroled.)By Peter Hyman  -  · April 13, 2008 · Passover, which begins this year at sundown on April 19, commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt to freedom. Even so, it’s a big deal among the unfree at the medium-security federal prison in Otisville...