The huge incarceration rate in Illinois, where we send non-violent drug abusers and thieves to prison at a rate 40 times greater than any civilized country means that we are breaking our economy. The children of the prisoners are a great social burden when parents don’t...
"Earlier this year former detainee, Lakhdar Boumediene, described to ABC News his experiences being abused by U.S. forces at Bagram Airforce base, now more former (released) detainees have come forward. The BBC...
Phil Spector has requested an iPod for his stay in prison.The producer, who was recently found guilty of second-degree murder, is now serving 19 years-to-life in a California prison for the murder of Lana...
North Dakota authorities have prosecuted a young woman, Stacey Anvarinia, for breastfeeding her baby while drunk. They charged her with child neglect and she faces up to five years in prison. She pleaded guilty to the charge. "Twenty-six-year-old Stacey Anvarinia...
By, Uwe Paschen. Japan is serious, when it comes to the environment. New legislation right in time for Earth day was passed and has been made law. Those laws are effective has of now with harsh Fines and even...
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The Cebu inmates, the dancing prisoners from Cebu in the Philippines who became instant sensations due to their dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller, are back with their lastest mass dance to Jai Ho from Slumdog...
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While the Republicans (and many Democrats) try to stop President Obama from closing the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison based on the non-logical fearmongering mantra of "terrorists will be on American soil" (many...
Mary Kay LeTourneau, the ex-teacher who was jailed for 7 and a half years for raping a sixth-grade student, Vili Fualaau, will host a 'Hot For Teacher' night this weekend at the Fuel Sports Eats & Beats Bar in Seattle. ""It's turned into sort of a love story," says...
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Burma's pro-democracy leader and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained at Insein prison in Rangoon and has been charged under section 22 of the State Protection...
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" TALLAHASSEE -- A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous ''Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day'' events gone wrong at three state prisons, according to new information provided Friday by the Florida...
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" WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has ordered government lawyers to object to the planned release of additional detainee photos, the White House said Wednesday. ...
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Cedric Zellars , a protege of the hip-hop star T.I., who once worked as a federal informant and testified against a heroin trafficker. for this a federal judge cut 1,5 year from a prison term Zellars was serving for weapons possession. But when T.I. heard of his snitch work...
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Boy George beamed with delight as he was released early from prison today. The Eighties pop star offered a Benny Hill-style salute as he left jail after serving only four months of his 15-month sentence for falsely imprisoning a rent boy.
" There are countless heart-wrenching stories of human trafficking around the world, most of which are untold. In 2005, Unicef decided to take a creative approach to the problem in Indonesia and commissioned...
Pavel Kulisek is a man who is currently in jail in a maximum security prison near Guadalajara, Mexico, but no one seems to be sure exactly why he is there. He has been there for over a year, in a jail cell underground, but his family is saying that they are receiving no help...
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