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Many Michigan prisons sit empty these days, a product of budget cuts and thousands upon thousands of paroled prisoners. Governor…
The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a Youtube video recreating the "Thriller" dance swayed and stomped again…
In Georgia, a man named Troy Davis sits on Death Row despite unassailable evidence pointing to his innocence. It is
New measures aimed at reducing prison rapes are in the works -- and states that fail to take steps to…
A federal jury has awarded more than $21 million to a Chicago man who spent nearly 12 years in prison…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal commission on prison rape has concluded that the risk of being attacked depends greatly on
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that convicts have no constitutional right
Last week, as I traveled through the Caribbean town of Phillipsburg on the island of St. Maarten to give a
ALEX PEREZ Former Chicago inmates Simone Jackson and Danielle Bryant are seeking to file a class action lawsuit against the
MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Writer (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) SAN QUENTIN, California (AP) — Like journalists everywhere, the staff of the
TERRY TANG Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Rapper DMX was sentenced Monday to more than a year of probation,
After spending the better part of his 66 years behind bars for armed robbery, Bennie Holmes is now gunning for
DALLAS – DNA testing set one man free and sent another back to prison. A Texas judge simply apologized Wednesday