A detailed new federal lawsuit alleges chronic abuse and neglect of mentally ill prisoners at America's most famous prison. (First in a three-part series.) June 18 2012When Jack Powers arrived at maximum-security federal prison in Atlanta in 1990 after a bank robbery conviction, he had never disp...
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In a lawsuit filed yesterday, these inmates at America's most famous and secure prison allege a cycle of abuse and madness, neglect, and retribution. (The second in a three-part series.)June 19, 2012You don't get to be an inmate at ADX-Florence, America's most famous and secure prison, without ha...
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ItTougher rules and longer sentences mean that prison for white-collar inmates is no longer Club Fed. Prisoner No. 20532-050 tells his eyewitness story to Luke Mullins.By Luke Mullins From the May/June 2007 IssueI. Just Another FelonAlfred A. Porro Jr. came to Allenwood in a large transport bus g...
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By Ray Paprocki -The Columbus Dispatch Sun. June 3, 2012 Roger Blackwell was running along Reed Road in late May with his ball cap pulled down to shield his eyes from the sun. So he didn’t see the jagged end of a broken branch when it snagged his left ear. He certainly felt the pain and saw ...
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October 5, 2012(NECN: Jack Thurston, Waterford, Vt.) - The historic Gingue farm in Waterford, Vt. has been getting a facelift for several weeks, with new coats of paint, new windows, siding, and other improvements."We've always had compliments on how this place looks, and we want to keep it ...
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Saturday, 06 Oct 2012DECATUR, Ind. (WANE) - A northeast Indiana prisoner is aiming to right his wrongs by preventing others from the same fate.In 2009, Cody Barkley was arrested for his involvement in a murder in Wells County and sentenced to 30 years in prison, our sister station WANE reports.Ba...
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Second Chances Farm has graduated 10October 05, 2012 - By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, The Baltimore SunEdward Rybolt considers himself lucky to have received another chance. A heroin habit nearly destroyed his life, damaging his relationships with his family and driving him to a bank robbery attempt that ...
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Donald Eugene Gates Released on Basis of New DNA EvidenceJon C. Hopwood,Yahoo! - Dec 17, 2009 Donald Eugene Gates, a 58 year-old African American wrongfully convicted in 1982 of the rape-murder of Caucasian college coed Catherine Schilling, was freed by the D.C. Superior Court after a DNA test...
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Bruce Davis, convicted with Charles Manson and another man in two murders unrelated to the infamous Sharon Tate murders, appeared before a parole board Thursday.(Photo: AP file photo)Linda Deutsch, Associated Press October 4. 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California parole board panel recommended p...