Prison News
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Prison shouldn't be a publicity stunt for Lil Wayne
8:22 AM on 03/12/2010
OPINION - If Lil Wayne regards his cell as an extension of his studio or his label's offices, he will suffer...
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Mississippi woman could die in prison for $11 robbery
8:23 AM on 03/09/2010
"I think it would be unimaginable that two white women would be in this situation."...
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Lil Wayne prepares for jail term in NYC gun case
11:06 AM on 03/02/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Rap star Lil Wayne has left fans and fellow artists with a video blitz as he braces for as much as a year behind bars at the height of his career...
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Accidentally released inmate caught in W.Va.
12:33 PM on 02/26/2010
BALTIMORE (AP) - An inmate serving three life terms for attempted murder was back behind bars Friday...
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Jayson Williams gets minimum 18 months in shooting
11:25 AM on 02/23/2010
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Former NBA star Jayson Williams has been sentenced to a minimum 18 months in prison for fatally shooting a hired driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey...
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New census prisoner policy could benefit American cities
8:46 AM on 02/18/2010
OPINION - America's prison population could play an important role in the country's redistricting battles, and help reshape America's electoral map...
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California chooses education over prisons
8:30 AM on 01/12/2010
OPINION - California has the right idea when it comes to ending its prison boom and investing more in its future. But other states should follow suit as well...
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Tough Louisiana lockup offers ministry degrees to inmates
7:58 AM on 01/12/2010
ANGOLA, Louisiana (AP) - Jerome Derricks says he heard God's call early. He only wishes he had answered sooner. By the time he did, he was serving a life sentence for murder...
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With the census, there are worse things than being called 'Negro'
9:44 AM on 01/08/2010
OPINION - I believe we have bigger fish to fry with the census than the use of Negro. "Like what?" you ask. How about 478 billion dollars and political representation.
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Suspected Holocaust museum shooter dies in prison
8:02 PM on 01/06/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 89-year-old man accused of a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in a prison hospital.
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Disgraced Mississippi judge reports to federal prison
8:30 AM on 01/05/2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bobby DeLaughter, a former Mississippi prosecutor and judge whose legal conquests became the subject of books and a movie, reported to federal prison...
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Lil Wayne has hometown farewell show before jail time
10:00 AM on 12/30/2009
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career...
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T.I. released from Arkansas prison
2:42 PM on 12/22/2009
"The king's baaaaack!" That's the latest catch phrase buzzing through Atlanta as news is spreading that T.I. has been released from jail...
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Man exonerated after 35 years in prison
6:04 AM on 12/18/2009
VIDEO - A man who spent 35 years in prison has been freed after DNA evidence exonerated him of raping a child.
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As unemployment drops for most, black teens see 8-point spike
10:05 AM on 12/04/2009
Although the unemployment rate for African-Americans dropped to 15.6 percent in November, the unemployment rate for black teens stands at 49.4 percent - a sharp increase from last month's number of 41.3 percent...
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Old criminal records are life sentences in job market
8:12 AM on 12/02/2009
OPINION - Dozens of people recounted how criminal background checks punish them indefinitely by imposing lifelong barriers to successful employment and housing.
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Jury sentences anchorwoman murderer to life in prison
11:29 AM on 11/13/2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, escaped a death sentence. He faces life in prison without parole for the rape, robbery and slaying of 26-year-old Anne Pressly...
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Supreme Court looks at life sentences for juveniles
5:45 PM on 11/09/2009
VIDEO - In the United States Supreme Court, arguments about the constitutionality of jailing juveniles for life without parole for crimes like rape and robbery...
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Caught on tape: Inmates save prison deputy from attack
9:07 AM on 11/05/2009
VIDEO - It happened at the jail in Hillsborough County, Florida. The detention deputy was sitting at his desk when the inmate attacked. The deputy is 64 years old; the inmate is 40 years his junior...
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Ohio sex offender shows high price of prisons ignoring rehabilitation
9:00 AM on 11/03/2009
OPINION - The discovery of the bodies of six women at the home of a convicted rapist is further proof that our criminal justice system is broken...
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