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Alcatraz Island - La Isla de los Alcatraces
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim
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Report: Accused testicle grabber sentenced to jail for spitting at judge
A man with "WHO DAT" tattooed on his forehead, who is accused of grabbing deputies' testicles in separate incidents, was sentenced to six months in jail this week for spitting at a New Orleans judge, according to Nola.com | The Times-Picayune. Michael Edwards, 29, of Metairie, was in court Wednesday when he tried to spit on Criminal District Court Judge Robin Pittman. He missed, but evidence was discovered on her bench.
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Judge Joe Brown likens self to Nelson Mandela, calls out jail he was housed in for 5 days
Former daytime TV star Judge Joe Brown was released this week from Shelby County Corrections Center in Memphis after serving five days for contempt of court. Judge Brown spoke to FOX411 about his days’ long stint at the Tennessee based corrections facility, and he didn't have many nice things to say about it. FOX411 did reach out to Shelby County Corrections Center, but they would not provide comment.
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Wisconsin joins national push to curb solitary confinement
Wisconsin has made a “culture shift” in its use of solitary confinement in prisons, eliminating it as punishment for minor rule infractions and cutting the time inmates spend in isolation for more serious offenses, Department of Corrections officials say.
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Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
Egypt’s state-run news agency says Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 16 others have been sentenced to life in prison on charges related to the killing of five people in an attack on a police station in 2013. The news agency report Saturday says Badie and senior Brotherhood members Mohammed el-Beltagy and Safwat Hegazy were accused of inciting other Brotherhood members to attack the police station in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, and kill its officers and soldiers.
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4,000 California prisoners are fighting wildfires for a pittance
A shocking number of firefighters battling California’s numerous wildfires are actually prisoners sometimes working for less than $2 a day. They’re hoping to earn shorter sentences – and they’re saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Somewhere between 30 to 40 percent of the state’s forest firefighters, or nearly 4,000 people, are low-level felons from state prisoners, Mother Jones reported. Working in “Conservation Camps”...
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School Behind Bars: How College Kids and Incarcerated Youth Benefit From Learning Together
Graduates of an “Inside-Out” program in Oregon say that the experience transformed the way they see the prison system—and themselves. Last winter, Arthur taught the University’s first “Inside-Out” class, which placed PSU students side-by-side with MacLaren inmates—youth from the “inside.”
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The Bail Trap
Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because they can’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their jobs, custody of their children — even their lives.
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NY Man Acquitted After Serving 13 Years for Double Homicide
A man who served 13 years in prison for a 2002 double homicide in western New York has been exonerated following a retrial.
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'I don't want to die in your cell:' Police release video of Ralkina Jones taken prior to death
Cleveland Heights police released body camera footage from Ralkina Jones' time in jail, where she later died.
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Native American Woman Dies in Jail, Begging for Help. Officers Told Her to “Quit Faking”
Earlier this month, a Lakota woman, was jailed on an alleged bond violation over a driving infraction. Her pleas for help allegedly fell on deaf ears and she died in jail.
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Native American Activist Arrested for Traffic Fine, Dies in Jail 1 Day After Sandra Bland
Philadelphia, MS — On July 9th, Rexdale W. Henry, 53, was arrested for failure to pay a traffic fine. Five days later, on July 14, Henry would be found dead in a Neshoba County, Mississippi jail cell. Unlike the Bland case, this incident got virtually no media coverage.
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Guard claims staff knew Ravenhall prisoners would riot over smoking ban
A guard at the Melbourne prison where violent riots broke out earlier this month has claimed prison staff knew the inmates were unhappy and had told staff of their intentions to protest a state-wide tobacco ban.
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Sandra Bland Swallowed Or Smoked 'Large Quantity Of Marijuana' In Jail: DA
Sandra Bland, the black woman found hanging dead in a Texas jail days after a traffic stop, smoked or possibly swallowed a large amount of marijuana while in custody.
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Involuntary Chemical Sedation--The Right Medications
Casual discussion of the medications injected into inmates in US jails by their guards.
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Thomas Libous, New York State Senator, Is Convicted of Lying to F.B.I.
As a result of his conviction, Mr. Libous, who was the second-highest-ranking Republican in the Senate, forfeits his seat. He also faces up to five years in prison.
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'El Chapo': The Great escape
The great escape in images.
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New York Times reveals more details of the shocking upstate New York prison escape
It’s been about six weeks since convicted murderers 35-year-old David Sweat and 49-year-old Richard Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, and more details of their elaborate escape are coming to light. It was an elaborate plan.
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How a first crack cocaine offense led to a life sentence
aranda Jones — prisoner 33177-077 — struggled to describe the moment in 1999 when a federal judge sentenced her to life in prison after her conviction on a single cocaine offense. She was a first-time, nonviolent offender. “I was numb,” Jones said in an interview at the Carswell women’s prison here. “I was thinking about my baby. I thought it can’t be real life in prison.”
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How to Avoid Rape in Prison - Men's [2015]
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