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'Real-life Shawshank Redemption' prison escapee recaptured after 56 years
Frank Freshwaters, who was imprisoned in Ohio jail used to film the Shawshank Redemption, escaped in 1959 after earning the trust of guardsA convict who was once imprisoned at the Ohio prison used to...
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Former Los Angeles sheriff's officials charged in federal jail investigation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of the vanishing inmate at the Los Angeles County jail nearly went all the way to the top.The former second-in-command of the nation's largest sheriff's department and a...
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An Alabama jail was forced to free prisoners after it ran out of food
If you can't feed em, set em free. An Alabama was forced to release some prisoners in its care after running out of food. The released were guilty of committing only minor crimes.Fairfield City Jail in...
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An unlikely candidate was just picked to lead America's second-biggest prison
A clinical psychologist will be appointed head of Chicago's Cook County Jail, the nation's second-largest jail where a third of the inmates are mentally ill, officials announced on Tuesday.Nneka Jones...
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How a 'lifer' in prison prepares for retirement...
“Someone stole my freaking identity,” I said aloud to the empty cell. Someone free stole my identity – a prisoner’s. According to the piece of mail in my hands, Rahsaan Thomas owed the IRS $5,000, a...
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Feds probe case of inmate locked in a shower 'torture chamber' and scalded to...
The Justice Department is investigating the death of a Florida inmate who allegedly burned and suffocated to death in a scalding hot shower chamber from which he could not escape, reported the Miami...
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Taxpayers are paying more than they realize to jail citizens for one...
American taxpayers are paying more than they realize to support their local jails because many jail costs are paid for out of county and municipal general funds, not correctional budgets, according to...
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White police officer shoots two unarmed black men suspected of stealing beer
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Two stepbrothers suspected of trying to steal beer from a grocery store were not armed with guns when they were shot Thursday by a police officer who confronted them in Washington...
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The trial of a jailed Washington Post reporter in Iran will be closed to the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trial in Iran of jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will be closed to the public when it starts on Tuesday, his brother said on Monday.Rezaian, who is...
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The murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in New York might...
Law enforcement officials are still attempting to hunt down two murderers who escaped from a New York maximum-security prison over the weekend.Much has been said about Richard Matt and David Sweat's...
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A former Rikers Island guard is getting 5 years in jail for refusing to help...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former supervising guard at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Thursday for refusing to help a mentally ill inmate...
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The Justice Department and NYC just reached a deal to fix one of the most...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to carry out a series of reforms at its Rikers Island jail complex to resolve U.S. Justice Department claims that guards regularly used unnecessary force...
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Guard at NYC's most notorious jail: New inmate protections 'aren't going to...
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara this week agreed to sweeping reforms at New York City’s Rikers Island, the country’s second-largest jail.The overhaul follows a lawsuit against the city and a...
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How New Orleans briliantly reduced its prison population
As attention shifts to systemic problems with mass incarceration in America -- problems with bail, solitary confinement, drug sentencing, private prisons, the racial inequity of those who are...
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New York City is making a big move to help free jailed people having trouble...
NEW YORK CITY — Nonviolent criminals who are being held behind bars because they can't afford to post bail would be placed into a supervised release program through a $17.8 million plan announced...
View ArticleHere's how the world's most notorious drug lord escaped from his...
On Saturday night, July 11th, 2015 the world's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from Altiplano Prison. El Chapo escaped through a series of elaborate tunnels connected to his...
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4 prisoners escaped from jail in Mississippi and only 2 have been caught
Four inmates escaped from a jail in Mississippi and authorities were searching for two of them on Tuesday after apprehending two others.The four, who faced charges ranging from murder to robbery,...
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'El Chapo' may have used a bird to test the air quality of his elaborate...
Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo," or "Shorty," Guzmán Loera, may have escaped from a high security prison several days ago, but details are still coming out about the nature of his...
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This infographic shows how likely different races are to go to prison
The criminal justice system in America is racially skewed, and as incarceration rates continue to climb, studies have found that African-Americans are disproportionately affected to a significant...
View ArticleOfficials release video of Sandra Bland's bond hearing inside Waller County Jail
Waller County officials have released video of Sandra Bland's three days in jail. This footage shows Sandra Bland's bond hearing and includes a phone call she placed from the booking desk. Earlier, we...
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