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Joran van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year sentence for killing a Peruvian woman, and is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of an American teenage girl. While you...

Oregon Prison: Second Inmate Escape In A Week

The Oregon State Police have been searching for an escaped inmate since Monday. Clinton Swearingen II escaped the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution on Sunday night. This is the s...

Starved Inmate Dies In Kentucky Prison; Medical Staff Investigated

James Kenneth Embry, an inmate at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, died in January due to starvation. As a result, a...

Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter Dies at 76

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a former middleweight boxer best known for having been wrongfully convicted for a shooting murder,...

Kevin Trudeau Sentenced to Ten Years

Fox News reports...

Rapper Lil’ Boosie Released From Prison

Torrance Hatch, more commonly known as Lil Boosie, was released from...

Army Sex Case: U.S. Army General Could Face Life in Prison

Brig. Gen. Jeffery A. Sinclair faced military trial Tuesday on charges of sexual assault against an Army captain. According to the...

Supreme Court Considers IQ Of Death Row Inmates

A person who has an IQ of less than 70 could be considered mentally disabled, but should that protect them from execution over a heinous crime? The...

Ionia Prison Escape: Convicted Murder On The Loose

According to Corrections Director Daniel Heyens, Michael David Elliot was a good prisoner. He didn't cause trouble, at least he didn't before his...

Prison for Starving Girl: Parents Sentenced to Five Years

A father was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday for starving his 15-year-old daughter. The 42-year-old Wisconsin-native denied his daughter food until she weighed only...

Phaedra Parks’ Husband Charged in Fraudulent Schemes

The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star, Phaedra Parks, may literally be married to a partner-in-crime. Parks' husband, Apollo Nida, was charged with bank fraud and identity theft...

Alabama Officials Failed to Protect Prisoners From Sexual Abuse, Says DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week released its findings for an investigation into abuses at the J...

Bernard Madoff Suffered Heart Attack

For the skeptical, Bernard Madoff indeed has a heart. According to CNBC, the 75-year-old was returned to prison last month after havi...

Daniel Villegas: Out On Bail After 19 Years In Prison

An El Paso, Texas man who had been convicted of double murder and imprisoned for life...

Inmates Pathogens: State Prison Exposed To Viruses

A state prison in west Phoenix, Ariz., could possibly be in danger of blood-borne pathogens, better known as viruses that can be transmitted through body fluids or blood. Twenty...

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