We have all seen the movies. Solitary confinement is the most feared  and destructive thing. Man have argued that solitary confinement should be done away…

Uncle Sam doesn’t play.  For years Grammy award winning singer Lauryn Hill has been under the radar by the IRS for not paying taxes on more than 1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007 and now it’s all come to an end. Yesterday Hill was in federal court and was sentenced to 3 months in jail, […]

Mrs. Anita McNeil was known by many as a woman who never gave up. She was laid to rest this weekend at Forbes Tabernacle in Wilson after her long fight with breast cancer, but her fight to get her husband out of jail never ceased. Women’s Empowerment 2013 Performers Mrs. McNeil may have passed away […]

  Conrad Murray’s legal team could not convince the California Attorney General that Murray would not be a flight risk if given a pass to get out of jail early. Murray was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray’s team argued that if let out he would live with his girlfriend and […]

George Zimmerman, the man accused of shooting and killing teenager Treyvon Martin, is back in court today.  Zimmerman and his attorney are back in court to see if he will be allowed a second bond to get out of jail.  His first bond was revoked due to a false report of funds available.  Zimmerman’s attorney […]

It is wonderful that Yoga is continuing to gain popularity as a resource for healing in the black community, from celebrities to inmates.  According to TMZ.com, Hollywood star Wesley Snipes requested Yoga Mats to teach other inmates the benefits during his time in prison. Here is the picture that TMZ put up, It is obviously […]

Clearwater, FLA The New York Times is reporting on the case of John Ditullio, a man who is on trial for stabbing a woman and killing a teenager in 2006. When John Ditullio goes on trial on Monday, jurors will not see the large swastika tattooed on his neck. Or the crude insult tattooed on […]

Kym Worthy is the Wayne County, Mi., prosecutor is now proposing that if you repeatedly skip parent teacher conferences, then you go to jail. What do you think?

From the Daily News: The last time the census was done – in 2000 – Brooklynite Ramon Velasquez was locked up in Attica state prison for robbery. According to the Census Bureau, Velasquez lived not in hardscrabble Bushwick, but in rural Attica Village, 264 miles away. “Knowing that they counted me in Attica was a […]