Bobby Brown released from jail for DUI conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bobby Brown has been released from jail after serving less than a day of his 55-day jail sentence for a driving under the influence conviction...
Sheriff seeks to replace jail cells with classrooms
NBC Southern California - The gutting of Men's Central Jail cells to be replaced with inmate classrooms is one element of a dramatic re-envisioning of the Los Angeles County jail system as proposed by Sheriff Lee Baca.
Ashanti on Ja Rule: 'He still has what it takes to make a hit record'
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, singer/songwriter Ashanti talked about her new TV role on 'Army Wives" and defended her former Mrder Inc. label mate, Ja Rule...
Rapper Ja Rule in NYC jail with July release date
ALBANY, New York (AP) - U.S. authorities say platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is in a New York City jail with a July release date...
Woman held in jail for 11 days after cursing in public
VIDEO - A Michigan woman is free on bond after spending 11 days in jail. Her alleged crime: cursing in public...
Innocent Brooklyn man freed after year in prison
theGRIO REPORT - Ronald Bozeman was in good spirits according to the New York Post after being released from prison last week. Bozeman, 65, had spent over a year in jail for a crime he did not commit...
Man who inspired Omar from 'The Wire' dies at 58
theGRIO REPORT - Donnie Andrews, the Baltimore gangster behind the Omar Little character on 'The Wire', died today in New York city after he suffered a heart attack...
Belafonte: Obama should 'work like a third world dictator'
theGRIO REPORT - Singer and social activist Harry Belafonte went on MSNBC's 'Politics Nation' last night, hosted by Al Sharpton, to discuss the GOP and goals for President Barack Obama's second term...
Lil Scrappy released from jail
theGRIO REPORT - One of the stars of the controversial reality TV series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has just been released from a metro Atlanta jail after violating the terms of his probation...
2 plead no contest to extorting Stevie Wonder
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two people charged with trying to extort millions of dollars from pop star Stevie Wonder pleaded no contest on Monday and were released after being sentenced to time-served in jail...
