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New Mexico corrections authorities are trying to target inmates who maintain online profiles, which they say are threats to public security. Russell Contreras, The Associated Press - July 31, 2013ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Preston Blake says he's a "down to earth, mature and serious man."...

Inmate Bobby Cortez, 29, sits in a cage at the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino, California, June 3, 2011. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Suzy Khimm  -  July 21, 2013Walter Fortson is a young man with impressive credentials: He graduated with honors from Rutgers University t...

Todd Ashker, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, has staged a hunger strike within the prison.(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)By ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb)  - July 30, 2013A convicted murder with alleged Aryan Brotherhood ties who has been kept in solitary confine...

The prison's security includes razor wire, cameras and gun-toting guardsBy Paige St. John -July 28, 2013PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON - Inside the concrete labyrinth of California's highest-security prison, an inmate covered in neo-Nazi tattoos and locked in solitary confinement has spearheaded the...

Gloria Steinem, Jesse Jackson, Bonnie Raitt and Jay Leno are among those petitioning Gov. Jerry Brown to end California's use of solitary confinement to control prison gang violence.Inmate advocacy groups have called for an investigation into the death of hunger striker Billy Sell at the Californ...

A bill to provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and la...

This bill would change the so-called “good time credit” statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b)(1). The bill clarifies that federal prisoners may earn up to 54 days of good time credit “for each year of the prisoner’s sentence imposed by the court.” If passed, this would fix a long-standing problem in the c...

A new program is offering Alameda County inmates sentenced to misdemeanor offenses to serve their time in less-crowded conditions at the Fremont jail, for a price. Not your average jail: Inmates can transfer to Fremont Jail from anywhere in the state, provided they can afford the fancy new dig...

Awaiting trial, former Patriot adjusts to the confines of Bristol County jail Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson in a unit similar to the one where Aaron Hernandez is being held. - STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF NORTH DARTMOUTH — Inmate No. 174594, formerly No. 81 in your Pat...