A new report from MetricMaps details a shocking statistic — in 16 states in the nation, there are more people locked up in correctional facilities than those…
UPDATE: 12:15 PM EST According to CNN, Fairfax County police are confirming that the prisoner who escaped a Virginia hospital Tuesday is now in police custody.…
If President Barack Obama could turn back the hands of time, he would have acted immediately to close Guantanamo Bay prison during his first term,…
Did you know that at least 20 states have sentencing policies that allow them to determine the severity of a criminal sentence based on factors…
Rikers Guards Accused of Faking Suicide Attempt to Cover Up Beating On Monday, New York City’s Department of Investigation said it’s reviewing the 129 incidents in which…
NEW YORK — In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates – with their high rates of illness and infirmity – make up an ever increasing share of the prison population. SEE ALSO: Bank Robber Shoots Himself In The Foot (VIDEO) At a time […]
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man convicted of killing seven women over a 21-year period was sentenced to life in prison Thursday with no chance of parole.
In the spring, Atwater pleaded guilty on state murder charges and the federal carjacking, kidnapping and weapons charges. Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Roughly a dozen students and a dozen lawyers worked more than three years to prove that Cole had been wrongfully convicted of a 1994 robbery and murder in South Los Angeles.
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 […]
