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NEWS ABOUT: incarceration

incarceration stories: 5 news summaries

At 'Felony Franks,' Ex-Cons Serve Dogs to Wary Populace

Chicago food stand under fire for name trumpeting workers' checkered pasts

Oct 13, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A snarkily named hot dog stand has its up-and-coming Chicago neighborhood sizzling. Felony Franks employs ex-cons to sling hot dogs with names like the “Misdemeanor Wiener” and the “Cellmate” (two dogs). Step up to the bulletproof serving window and an employee will ask you to “plead your... More »

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Chicago • hot dogs • convict • incarceration • ex-cons • food stand • Felony Franks • wiener

(Newser) - Almost 10% of prisoners incarcerated in the US are serving life sentences, an all-time high, the New York Times reports. In California, which maintains the nation’s highest prison population, that number is 20%, says a report from the Sentencing Project, a group that wants to eliminate life-without-parole sentences.... More »

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prison • United States • convict • criminal • prisoner • incarceration • life sentence

 Blacks Still Unequal 
 in US: Report 

African-Americans remain less employed, more often imprisoned than whites

Mar 25, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though a black family occupies the White House, inequality between African-Americans and whites persists in the US, a study by the Urban League says. Blacks are twice as likely to be jobless, three times more likely to be poor, six times more likely to have spent time in prison. A... More »

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race • African Americans • employment • black • African-American voters • African-Americans • incarceration

 Khloe Spends
 173 Minutes 
 in Slammer 

3-hour stint related to parole violation following DUI arrest last year

Jul 19, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reality TV starlet Khloe Kardashian is free today after spending 173 minutes in a California jail for a parole violation, Us Weekly reports. For those keeping track, her stay was more than twice as long as Nicole Richie’s last year at the same detention facility. More »

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rehab • Los Angeles • drunk driving • incarceration • Khloe Kardashian • parole violation

 Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons 

Federal report describes system in crisis

Jun 12, 08 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or... More »

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crime • probation • parole • prisons • criminal justice system • Bureau of Justice Statistics • private prisons • Pew Center • California District Attorneys Association • incarceration

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