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US Prisons Leave Driving
to Greyhound

Convicts unescorted
in transfers; feds say there's little risk

Apr 28, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal convicts regularly transfer themselves between prisons unescorted, riding public transportation without a guard in sight, WFAA-TV reports. Some 5,300 have switched prisons on their own since April 2006; 54,000 have headed to halfway houses. And in 2003-05, 77 escaped while en route. “It’s an inherent... More »

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travel • prison • convict • prison system • transportation • Bureau of Prisons • buses • Greyhound

 Drunken Cyclists Face 
 the Slammer in Poland 

2,000 Poles are in prison for drunken cycling

Apr 11, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polish courts have left intact a law that allows two-year prison terms for drunken cyclists. Critics say bikers—2,000 of whom sit behind bars—should be treated like pedestrians, who face only fines for being drunk in public. The Constitutional Court dismissed that argument, saying the speedier transport uses... More »

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prison • crime • Poland • drunk driving • bicycling • drunk

 Washington Descendant 
 Sentenced to Prison 

Vodka bottle assault left victim in five-day coma

Apr 3, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Washington would not be proud: John Augustin Washington V, a descendant of our first president, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for smashing a vodka bottle over the head of an English banker, the New York Post reports. George’s descendant and the banker reportedly fought over... More »

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prison • jail • George Washington • John Augustin Washington V

(Newser) - Lawyers for Michael Vick say the incarcerated football player “is going to turn a new leaf,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. In bankruptcy court in Virginia today, one of Vick’s attorneys said the convicted dogfighter has a $10-an-hour construction job lined up for him when he gets... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • prison • Michael Vick • bankruptcy • construction • dogfighting • court appearance

Zimbabwe's Prisons Are
'Hell on Earth'

With no food, medicine, dozens die daily in death camp conditions

Apr 1, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Zimbabwe even a short prison term can quickly turn into a death sentence: Conditions are so unsanitary and food so scarce that dozens die daily, as revealed in a secretly shot documentary. Using smuggled cameras, the film shows rotting bodies and mass graves—and that's just in a single... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • AIDS • prison • starvation • cholera

(Newser) - Some state lawmakers have proposed a novel solution for California's budget problems: sell San Quentin Prison, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Experts estimate the 435-acre site, picturesquely situated on a peninsula overlooking San Francisco Bay, could go for more than $2 billion. About half of that would go toward building... More »

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California • prison • death row • real estate values • Marin County • inmates • budget gap • San Quentin

(Newser) - Rhesus monkeys raised in isolation are anti-social, catatonic, and profoundly disturbed even after they are introduced to their peers. The same is true of humans kept in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time, whether as hostages or prisoners, writes Atul Gawande in the New Yorker. As months roll on,... More »

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torture • prison • POW • prisoners • isolation • social behavior • solitary confinement • Terry Anderson

(Newser) - The man responsible for the deaths of four Oakland police officers over the weekend had an extensive criminal history, the Tribune reports. Lovelle Mixon, 26, spent 5 years in prison for a 2002 assault with a firearm. After he was paroled, he was a suspect in a 2007 murder; though... More »

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California • prison • police • murder • Oakland • shooting • parole violation • felony assault • Lovelle Mixon

 Judge Denies 
 Madoff's Bail Appeal 

Fraudster will wait in jail until June sentencing

Mar 20, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court today denied Bernard Madoff’s request to be released on bail until his June sentencing date, the New York Daily News reports. “The defendant’s age and exposure to imprisonment are undisputed, and the court did not err in inferring an incentive to flee from... More »

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fraud • flight • prison • investors • bail • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff

 New Photo Shows Old Manson 


Mar 19, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A photo showing an aged, haggard Charles Manson was released yesterday as part of a routine updating of California prison documents, the Los Angeles Times reports. The photo shows Manson mostly bald and with a thick, grey beard, his homemade swastika tattoo faded. Manson, 74, is serving a life sentence... More »

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California • prison • crime • murder • Charles Manson • Josef Fritzl

(Newser) - Federal prison officials are easing up a bit on John Walker Lindh, better known as the American Taliban, reports the Washington Post. All "special administrative measures" against Lindh will expire on Friday, meaning he'll be able to get more visitors, mail, and access to the media, among other things.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • prison • John Walker Lindh

 Fritzl Gets Counseling 
 for 'Ordeal of Trial' 

How about us?

Mar 17, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Austria’s most infamous incestuous rapist has access to counseling at the prison where he is housed "to help him through the ordeal of the trial," a prison official said. But the official stressed that Josef Fritzl's care was not out of the ordinary. “There is no... More »

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prison • mental health • Austria • murder trial • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

(AP) - Bernie Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors, and a bunk bed. Breakfast will be served before sunrise, and the disgraced financier can stretch his legs outside, but only every other day—in a cage. The Metropolitan Correctional Center took in... More »

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prison • guilty • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - The next big question for Bernie Madoff: Just how bad will prison be? It’s unlikely the disgraced financier will get cushy Club Fed accommodations, CNNMoney reports. Ed Bales, a consultant who prepares inmates for jail, says such facilities were shut down years ago. But Madoff can take heart, he... More »

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fraud • prison • federal prison • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff

 Top Saddam Aides 
 Get 15 Years 
 for Killings 

'Down with the occupiers,' his half-bro shouts as sentence is read

Mar 11, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein’s ex-foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, and his cousin “Chemical Ali” al-Majid were both sentenced today to 15 years in prison for their involvement in the 1992 execution of 42 Baghdad merchants. The pair was among eight defendants, and only one—then governor of Iraq’s central bank—... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Baghdad • prison • execution • Chemical Ali • trial • Tariq Aziz

Rape Victim Asks for Forgiveness

NC woman who named wrong attacker bonds with innocent man

Mar 7, 09 5:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Every day for 11 years, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino prayed for her rapist to die. But the man she identified to police wasn’t her attacker. “That was unbearable,” Thompson-Cannino tells NPR. “Discovering the truth filled me with overwhelming guilt and shame for mistakenly putting an innocent man in... More »

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prison • rape • Bill Maher Grid

 20 Killed in Mexican Prison Riot 

Troops sent in after drug gangs clash inside high-security prison

Mar 5, 09 4:26 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 20 prisoners died yesterday as rival Mexican drug gangs clashed in a prison outside Ciudad Juarez, CNN reports. Hundreds of police and soldiers put down the uprising after two hours. Fighting began as spouses were leaving at the end of conjugal visits, officials said. The high-security prison is... More »

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prison • Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • riots • Ciudad Juarez

Man Kills a Second Wife
22 Years Later

Murder of first wife didn't worry her,
pastor said

Mar 4, 09 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - An Illinois man has killed his second wife after serving 13 years for killing his first, the Chicago Tribune reports. Richard Wiley, who gunned down Kathryn Wiley-Motes with a Civil War replica rifle this weekend, then murdered his 17-year-old stepson and turned the rifle on himself. Wiley-Motes married Wiley months... More »

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prison • murder • murder-suicide • Illinois • pastor

'Coaches' Help New Inmates Move from Suits to Stripes

Rise of white-collar crime has benefited prison consultants

Feb 27, 09 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The recession is providing new career opportunities for criminals turned consultants, reports the Los Angeles Times. Using the web, “jailhouse litigators” coach future inmates who’ve been convicted of white-collar crimes that presumably haven't prepared them for life on the inside. “We deal with anybody who has fears,... More »

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prison • jail • lawyer • inmates • consultant

Greek Convicts Stage Daring Prison Break—Again

Fugitives use helicopter to escape Athens facility, as they did in 2006

Feb 22, 09 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Two Greek criminals escaped the most secure prison in Athens for the second time, the BBC reports. Vassilis Paleokostas and Alket Rizai fled the Korydallos prison after accomplices picked them up using a helicopter they landed on the building’s roof. The escape is similar to their 2006 breakout, when... More »

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prison • convict • Greece • fugitive • escape • criminal justice • criminal justice system

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