Prison

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April 12, 2010
OPINION - As a society, we can pay now on the front end, by allowing this type of program to…
April 10, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In most cases, babies born to incarcerated mothers are whisked away within hours after birth...
April 2, 2010
Lil Wayne writes a letter to his fans from jail for the first time since he's been arrested for possession…
March 25, 2010
VIDEO - One of the most popular games at a New York City's Bedford Stuyvesant playground had been "going to…
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation approved by the Senate would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted…
March 17, 2010
State laws that ban convicted felons from voting are having the unintentional (or is it intentional?) effect of disenfranchising one…
March 15, 2010
OPINION - While some might call this political pragmatism, others might describe this outcome as the modern-day version of the…
March 12, 2010
OPINION - If Lil Wayne regards his cell as an extension of his studio or his label's offices, he will…
March 9, 2010
"I think it would be unimaginable that two white women would be in this situation."...
March 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Rap star Lil Wayne has left fans and fellow artists with a video blitz as he…
February 26, 2010
BALTIMORE (AP) - An inmate serving three life terms for attempted murder was back behind bars Friday...
February 23, 2010
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Former NBA star Jayson Williams has been sentenced to a minimum 18 months in prison for…
February 18, 2010
OPINION - America's prison population could play an important role in the country's redistricting battles, and help reshape America's electoral…
January 12, 2010
OPINION - California has the right idea when it comes to ending its prison boom and investing more in its…
January 12, 2010
ANGOLA, Louisiana (AP) - Jerome Derricks says he heard God's call early. He only wishes he had answered sooner. By…
January 8, 2010
OPINION - I believe we have bigger fish to fry with the census than the use of Negro. "Like what?"…
January 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 89-year-old man accused of a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in a prison…
January 5, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bobby DeLaughter, a former Mississippi prosecutor and judge whose legal conquests became the subject of books…
December 30, 2009
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but…
December 22, 2009
"The king's baaaaack!" That's the latest catch phrase buzzing through Atlanta as news is spreading that T.I. has been released…