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Former NFL tight end avoids life sentence November 4, 2019 Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to raping an unconscious teen in 2003 and to sexual battery involving a 54-year-old hitchhiker in a deal that spared him the possibility of life ...

527 state inmates set free, largest prison exodus ever People applaud Friday after the Pardon and Parole Board read the names of 527 Oklahoma inmates recommended for commutation at the Kate Barnard Correctional Center in Oklahoma City. November 3, 2019 In a flurr...

Oct 22, 2019 JACKSON, MI - Prisoners in Jackson can now learn to code and develop websites. It's all thanks to a new program unveiled on Thursday at the Jackson State Prison called The Last Mile. Paving the road to success- that's what the creators of the program say it was ...

Kim Kardashian West is raving about husband‘s thoughtful gift October 21, 2019 Kim Kardashian West got a lot of love and luxurious gifts from friends and family for her birthday -- and she was pretty generous herself -- but the sweetest gift of all may have...

Closing not until 2026 The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background October 17, 2019   The New York City Council voted Thursday to close the massive Rikers Island jail complex, one of the lar...

OCTOBER 11, 2019 California must phase out private, for-profit prisons and immigrant detention centers by 2028 under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom announced signing Friday. The measure, Assembly Bill 32, represents a step toward the governor’s campaign promise to e...

Local protests break out at the leniency with the possibility of only serving 5 years October 2, 2019 A Dallas County jury sentenced Wednesday former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who was convicted of the murder of Botham Jean, to 10 years in prison on an e...

For one inmate, a new federal law gave hope where there had been none. By Jesse Wegman - Editorial Sept. 15, 2019 Imagine that at the age of 28, you’re told you are going to spend the rest of your life in prison with no chance of release. What would you do with all that...

Expected to report to FCI Dublin on October 25th September 13, 2019 Felicity Huffman has been sentenced for her part in the college admissions scandal. The Desperate Housewives actress, 56, was given 14 days in prison, one year of supervised release, 2...