Keeping youth offenders in adult prisons increases their risk of suicide, sexual assault and returning to prison, and is the result of “antiquated laws,” according…
Kenyetta Foxe, 28, a correctional officer at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested after it was discovered that she had sex...
Dr. Conrad Murray, 60, has been released early from jail after serving two years of a four-year sentence for his role in the death of music legend Michael Jackson. Murray was released at 12:00 AM PST.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A former Alabama politician whose daughter died in a racist church bombing in 1963 was released from a prison medical facility Thursday after a judge sided with an Obama administration call to free him. Chris McNair was released from prison hours after U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith issued her ruling, said Peggy Sanford, a ...
As Wayne County's overbudget tab for that new downtown prison gains additional commas, the idea of simply giving up has gained some traction. Turns out, there's already an empty prison over on Mound Road owned by the state. It might—might!—make more sense to stuff the prisoners in there rather than spend $300M to build a new jail in d...
