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Attorney General Loretta LynchWASHINGTON - States should make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification after they get out of prison, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday in announcing a set of measures aimed at helping smooth the return to society for the hundred...

Stacey McHoul got out of the Baltimore women's lockup last year with only a few days of meds and quickly wound up homeless and back on heroin. She says she's been "clean" now for over three months. McHoul is among the women dealing with addiction, insurance problems, and related health ...

Forget making license plates: Select group now taught HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.By Cyrus FarivarSAN QUENTIN, CA-It sounds almost like a parody of Silicon Valley: two wealthy San Francisco Bay Area tech veterans want San Quentin State Prison inmates to learn basic computer programming as a way to ...

Court stays new rate caps but allows limits on various other fees.March 7, 2016Prison phone companies today were granted a judicial stay that halts implementation of new, lower rate caps on inmate calls. The court did not halt new limits on certain ancillary fees related to inmate calls, though, ...

Federal judge also imposed $303 million judgmentCompany founded in 2004, offering condo-hotel units in Florida , Vegas and CaribbeanThe former chief executive of a Florida-based resort company was sentenced on Monday to 40 years in prison after being convicted for participating in what authoritie...

By Barack Obama - January 25, 2016In 2010, a 16-year-old named Kalief Browder from the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack. He was sent to Rikers Island to await trial, where he reportedly endured unspeakable violence at the hands of inmates and guards - and spent nearly two years in solitar...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama in an opinion piece published in the Washington Post on Monday announced that he is banning solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons, citing concerns about its harmful psychological effects.The move comes amid a national movement dem...

Photos From California Jail Reveal Inmates’ Escape RouteAuthorities struggling to piece together daring jail escapeLOS ANGELES – Authorities hunting three dangerous escapees from a maximum-security jail in Southern California called on the public's help to find them Sunday, offering $50,000 in re...

Inmates blow open Brazil prison wall in mass breakoutInmates in the Frei Damiao de Bozanno prison used explosives to destroy a wall and escape en masse in Recife Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Inmates in one of Brazil's roughest prisons used explosives to destroy a wall and escape en masse into surroundi...