Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell arrives a federal court in Lynchburg, Va. Parnell's family asked a federal judge in Albany, Ga., on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, to show mercy when sentencing him for his role in a deadly salmonella outbreak from 2008 and 2009. Meanwhile, victi...
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks with a participant in the Goucher College Prison Education Partnership at the Maryland Correctional Institution.By Jazelle Hunt September 21, 2015 WASHINGTON - Brandyn Heppard usually arrives 30 minutes early for his visits to Northern State Prison in Newar...
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Gov. Doug Ducey announced Wednesday he's terminating the contract with the private-prison operator of a facility near Kingman in the wake of a July 2 riot that badly damaged the facility and injured 16 people.Ducey based his decision on an investigative report that said Management and Training Co...
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Judge: My Intention is James Holmes Spends 'the Rest of His Life in Prison'August 26, 2015 CENTENNIAL, Colo. - James Holmes was an angry quitter who gave up on life and turned his hatred into murder and mayhem against innocent victims in a Colorado movie theater, a judge said Wednesday before for...
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These prison inmates are receiving their college diplomas at the Ironwood State Prison/Palo Verde College 2015 Commencement Ceremony.Aug 25, 2015By Alicia Menendez, Ashley Louszko and Lauren EffronAs valedictorian of his graduating class, 26-year-old Sean Wilson was beaming as he got in line with...
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Disgraced ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle will plead guilty to possession of child-porn charges Wednesday, according to reports.The US Attorney’s office is expected to announce Wednesday afternoon that Fogle has copped a plea deal, sources told Fox 59 in Indianapolis.Fogle’s attorney Ron Elberger...
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Curtis Carroll - also known as "Wall Street" - teaches prisoners at San Quentin State Prison about stocks.AUGUST 14, 2015Curtis Carroll discovered the stock market in prison. Through friends and family on the outside, he invests from San Quentin State Prison in Northern California, and ...
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By Natasha Geiling August 13, 2015Northern California is burning: the Rocky Fire has charred nearly 70,000 acres west of Clearlake, while the Jerusalem Fire has grown to more than 14,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of 150 homes near Napa. The two fires are emblematic of a season that has been m...
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Lucy Nicholson15 Aug, 2015The United States accounts for 25 percent of the world’s inmates and recidivism is a growing problem ‒ one that politicians and prison-reform advocates are banding together to solve with new programs and laws designed to help prisoners after their release.The prison popu...