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  • July 2008

    • Facebook, MySpace Offer Prime Evidence

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 08 7:13 PM CDT

      Facebook, MySpace Offer Prime Evidence

      Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet photos of defendants to cast doubt on their character during sentencing hearings and argue for harsher punishment, reports the AP. In one Rhode Island case, Facebook photos helped lead to a 2-year prison sentence. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • prison  • jail  • drunk driving  • party

    • In Japan, Jailhouse Chic Rules Fashion

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 6:53 PM CDT

      In Japan, Jailhouse Chic Rules Fashion

      Japan's fashion-forward set is flocking to a line made by an unlikely group—prison inmates. Aprons, bags, and pouches emblazoned with the character for "jail" inside a circle are selling out just as quickly as inmates at a juvenile prison in Hokkaido can make them, the AP reports. "Especially, young people seem to like it," said a corrections official. More »

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      Japan  • fashion  • prison  • jail  • inmates  • fashion label

    • Ex-Inmates Say Russia Keeps 'Torture Prisons'

      newser  |  NPR  |  Jul 14, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      Ex-Inmates Say Russia Keeps 'Torture Prisons'

      Overcrowding and disease are comparatively minor problems for inmates in Russia's alleged "torture prisons," where convicts are said to suffer regular beatings. Officials insist that they probe all complaints, but NPR has yielded harrowing stories from ex-inmates after four were reportedly clubbed to death this spring. "God help you," one former prisoner said, "if you end up in a Russian jail." More »

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      Russia  • torture  • prison  • inmates

    • Dogs Fetch Contraband Cell Phones in Jails

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 10, 08 1:51 PM CDT

      Dogs Fetch Contraband Cell Phones in Jails

      Dogs, it turns out, can sniff out more than just bombs and drugs. Authorities in Maryland and Virginia have canines rooting out cell phones, described by one official as "perhaps the worst type of contraband" in today's prisons. The increasingly tiny devices are easy to smuggle in, the Washington Post explains, allowing inmates to continue directing criminal activity. More »

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      cell phones  • prison  • dogs  • bomb-sniffing dogs  • contraband

    • Israel to Proceed Directly to Jail

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 3, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Israel to Proceed Directly to Jail

      A federal judge in New York ordered white-collar fugitive Samuel Israel to start serving his 20-year fraud sentence immediately, the Wall Street Journal reports, and ruled that his $500,000 bail be forfeited. "My hope is it will be applied to the resources taxpayers incurred to find Mr. Israel," the judge said. The former hedge-fund manager could face an extra 10 years for fleeing. More »

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      New York City  • prison  • fraud  • fugitive  • bail  • Samuel Israel  • white collar crime  • federal judges

  • June 2008

    • Felon Fans Fluster Cyrus

      newser  |  Hollyscoop  |  Jun 20, 08 10:50 AM CDT

      Felon Fans Fluster Cyrus

      Miley Cyrus has a new crop of fans: prisoners. The tween queen’s topless pose in Vanity Fair has made its way through the penitentiary postal service, and now a disgusted Cyrus is being bombarded with letters from the clink, Hollyscoop reports. Prisoners are posting her risque photos on their cell walls, along with other provocative shots that surfaced on the Internet earlier. More »

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      prison  • Miley Cyrus  • Vanity Fair  • fans  • nude photo  • prisoner

    • Taliban Jailbreak Frees 1,200

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 13, 08 11:02 PM CDT

      Taliban Jailbreak Frees 1,200

      Taliban fighters blasted into Kandahar's main prison last night and freed about 1,200 inmates, including 350 Taliban, the New York Times reports. Prisoners, including Taliban leaders, quickly flooded the streets and scattered into nearby villages. “It is very dangerous for security," a Kandahar politician said. "They are the most experienced killers and they all managed to escape." More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • prison  • jail  • prisoners  • Kandahar

  • May 2008

    • Pentagon to Build Giant Prison in Afghanistan

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 17, 08 6:05 AM CDT

      Pentagon to Build Giant Prison in Afghanistan

      The Pentagon is planning to build a huge new detention complex in Afghanistan, reports the New York Times , acknowledging that the US expects to hold prisoners there for many years to come. The 40-acre, $60-million facility at Bagram Air Force Base will replace the existing makeshift prison in a converted aircraft hangar, where more than 600 prisoners are held in wire pens; some have been in the deteriorating facility as long as five years. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • US military  • Pentagon  • prison  • jail  • prisoners  • enemy combatants  • Bagram Air Force Base  • Bagram

    • Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 10, 08 7:23 PM CDT

      Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

      More states are imprisoning babies, and moms couldn't be happier: Prisons nationwide are allowing incarcerated mothers to keep their little ones, the AP reports. Opponents of the practice say the kids may be traumatized, but one researcher found that “the outcomes are promising, if the prison nursery programs have the appropriate resources.” More »

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      New York  • prison  • Ohio  • jail  • Indiana  • babies  • mothers  • newborn  • inmates

    • Saddam Feared AIDS During Captivity

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  May 6, 08 12:47 AM CDT

      Saddam Feared AIDS During Captivity

      Saddam Hussein worried about catching AIDS and other venereal diseases during his US captivity, the Daily Mail reports. He even told guards not to dry their clothes on his laundry line. "I explained to them that they are young and they could have young people's diseases," Saddam wrote in prison diaries that were published today by a pan-Arab newspaper. More »

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      Iraq  • prison  • disease  • AIDS  • Saddam Hussein  • captivity

  • April 2008

    • Thriller Inmates Do Live Shows

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 28, 08 12:44 PM CDT

      Thriller Inmates Do Live Shows

      Inmates at a Philippines prison who made it big on YouTube dancing to Thriller are now a live attraction, Reuters reports. Hundreds of viewers each month stand on platforms around the jail's exercise grounds to watch prisoners dance to songs like Queen’s Radio Ga Ga and Bonnie Tyler’s I Need a Hero . “It was great. Two thumbs up,” said one audience member. More »

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      YouTube  • prison  • Philippines  • inmates  • Thriller

    • Times Reporter Recounts Time Jailed in Zimbabwe

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 27, 08 12:37 PM CDT

      Times Reporter Recounts Time Jailed in Zimbabwe

      On April 3, Barry Bearak was arrested in Harare on charges of "committing journalism" and locked in a Zimbabwean prison. The New York Times reporter now tells the story of his imprisonment, which involved four days of negotiating the murky legal system with the help of one of the country's top human rights lawyers,  and finally gaining his freedom. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • prison  • journalism  • journalist  • Barry Bearak

    • Man Granted Retrial After 26 Years Behind Bars

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 19, 08 6:23 AM CDT

      Man Granted Retrial After 26 Years Behind Bars

      Alton Logan tasted freedom yesterday for the first time in 26 years after being granted a new trial, reports the Chicago Tribune . The Illinois man was locked up in 1982 for killing a security guard. Another man confessed to the killings but his attorneys, prevented from coming forward by attorney-client privilege, did not reveal the confession until the man died last year. More »

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      Chicago  • prison  • attorney  • prisoner  • wrongful conviction

    • Hedge Fund Fraud Gets 20 Years

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 14, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Hedge Fund Fraud Gets 20 Years

      The founder of defunct hedge fund Bayou Group was given a 20-year prison term today for bilking investors out of more than $400 million, Bloomberg reports. Samuel Israel must also pay $300 million in restitution for masterminding a “ponzi scheme” in which investment returns were paid with new investors’ money. His sentence is the longest for a white-collar crime since Enron litigation. More »

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      prison  • fraud  • hedge fund  • Samuel Israel  • Bayou Group  • white collar crime  • defrauding investors

    • Vick Back on Gridiron—in Prison

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Apr 8, 08 1:48 PM CDT

      Vick Back on Gridiron&mdash;in Prison

      Michael Vick is said to be doing well in prison, washing pots and pans for 12 cents an hour and playing football à la The Longest Yard, the New York Daily News reports. Vick has been in touch by letter with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who says the former quarterback seems penitent, and of sound mind. More »

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      NFL  • football  • prison  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • pro football  • federal prison

    • 9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

      newser  |  AFP  |  Apr 7, 08 6:45 PM CDT

      9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

      Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted to extreme measures to gain their freedom. More »

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      terrorism  • prison  • suicide bombing  • Morocco  • Islamic terrorism  • escape  • Casablanca  • escaped criminal  • Islamist extremists

  • March 2008

    • T.I. Will Get Jail Sentence in Weapons Rap

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 27, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      T.I. Will Get Jail Sentence in Weapons Rap

      Rapper T.I.—aka Clifford Harris—pleaded guilty today in Atlanta to weapons charges, the AP reports. Harris will have to spend about a year in jail but must complete 1,500 hours of community service first; he also faces three years' house arrest and a $100,000 fine. Addressing youth groups on the dangers of guns, drugs, and gangs will be his first stop. More »

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      prison  • gun  • hip-hop  • Atlanta  • rap music  • plea bargain  • community service  • automatic weapons

    • After Witness Recants, Inmate Goes Free After 25 Years

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 21, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      After Witness Recants, Inmate Goes Free After 25 Years

      A man locked up 25 years for a murder he says he did not commit walked free from a Los Angeles prison yesterday after the sole witness recanted. "I'm not bitter," said Willie Earl Green, now 56. "I'm happy today." Among those to greet him were his wife, whom he met six years after his conviction, and the forewoman of the jury that convicted him. More »

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      murder  • Los Angeles  • prison  • jail  • guilty  • innocent

    • US Blocks UN From Prison Inspections in Iraq

      newser  |  AFP  |  Mar 12, 08 6:06 AM CDT

      US Blocks UN From Prison Inspections in Iraq

      The US has denied a top UN official access to American prisons in Iraq, drawing condemnation from the torture expert, reports AFP. "I'm astonished that the US government is not willing to grant me access," said the official. Iraqi and British forces have permitted access to their prisons. The US maintains that Iraq is still a combat zone not subject to traditional human rights protections.  More »

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      Iraq  • United Nations  • prison  • human rights

    • Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      newser  |  Arkansas Democrat Gazette  |  Mar 11, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      An illegal immigrant was forgotten in a courthouse holding cell in Springdale, Ark. for 4 days without food, water, or a toilet, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. With only sparse furniture and a lightbulb in her cell, Adriana Torres-Flores slept on the floor and drank her own urine to survive. The bailiff who forgot about her until yesterday is now “a broken man,” the county sheriff said. More »

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      prison  • illegal immigrant  • starvation  • courthouse

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