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Killer Talks Up Prison Time
on Facebook

'No stress just rest,'
UK convict posts while serving life sentence

Feb 16, 09 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A murder convict jailed for life is enjoying his “holiday” behind bars—and shares the news on his Facebook page. His British prison is “a place where men can come for a nice relaxin break from their moanin women and crying kids. No stress just rest,” wrote... More »

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social networking • Internet • prison • murder • Facebook • convict • jail • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

 Ex-Detroit Mayor 
 Kilpatrick Out of Jail 

99 days in jail on obstruction, assault charges for 38-year-old

Feb 3, 09 10:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is a free man once again, the News reports. Kilpatrick left prison at 12:35 this morning, after spending 99 days of a 4-month sentence in an isolated cell on obstruction of justice charges related to an affair he had with his chief of staff.... More »

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prison • Detroit • jail • obstruction of justice • Kwame Kilpatrick

Texas Could
See First-Ever Posthumous Exoneration

DNA evidence vindicates dead convict

Feb 1, 09 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - A hearing this week could result in Texas’ first-ever posthumous exoneration based on DNA evidence, the AP reports. Tim Cole, who died of a heart attack in prison in 1999, was convicted in the 1985 rape of a Texas Tech student. But an imprisoned rapist’s recent admission of guilt,... More »

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Texas • prison • rape • wrongful conviction • exonerate • DNA evidence

 Carrey Gambles on 
 Gay Jailbird Role 

Ventures outside comedy, like I Love You Phillip Morris, haven't been big at box office

Jan 21, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Jim Carrey is getting rave reviews for his new film, I Love You Phillip Morris, but the story of a cop-turned-con man who repeatedly breaks out of jail to be with his former cellmate is a gamble for the actor, Reuters reports. “I don’t think it’s a... More »

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homophobia • prison • escape • Sundance Film Festival • Ewan McGregor • Jim Carrey • gays • con man • I Love You Phillip Morris

Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Jailed for DUI

Jan Adams had 2 previous arrests,
gets a year in the clink

Jan 8, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died, has been jailed for a year in his third DUI, E! Online reports. The doc pleaded no contest after last June’s incident, in which he was caught driving his Jaguar the wrong way... More »

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plastic surgery • prison • DUI • Kanye West • drunk driving • jail • Donda West • Jan Adams

OJ Slimmed Down on Jail's 'Jackalope' Diet 

The newly svelte footballer also misses HBO in the pokey

Jan 7, 09 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - After wasting away in Nevada's Clark County jail, OJ Simpson may be able to put some weight on at his new digs, the New York Post reports. OJ dropped 25 pounds during his trial, thanks to prison meat that “looked like jackalope,” Simpson complained to a source. Fortunately... More »

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prison • OJ Simpson • celebrity • jail

New Photos
of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Surface

Photographer: 'John was really on the skids'

Jan 5, 09 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Candid new photos of Johnny Cash during his famous 1968 appearance at Folsom Prison have been released by the reporter and photographer who accompanied him during the concert that turned his career around. "John was really on the skids" at the time, former reporter Gene Beley told the Sacramento ... More »

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prison • photograph • Johnny Cash • concert • Folsom Prison • Columbia Records

Murders of Black
Teens Soar 39%


Cuts in policing, youth programs blamed

Dec 29, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Murders of black teens between the ages of 14 and 17 are up 39% since the start of the millennium—five times the overall homicide surge in the same period, and twice that of white teens, reports the Wall Street Journal. The authors of the study attribute some of the... More »

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race • prison • African Americans • crime • police • murder • homicide • crime rate

Jail Biz Backfires for Rhode Island Town's Immigrants

Privately run jail causes discord in town full of immigrants

Dec 27, 08 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Locking up accused criminals is big business in America, but an attempt to cash in came with a high cost for one Rhode Island town, a New York Times investigation finds. The Donald D. Wyatt Detention Center, a maximum security jail, promised to bring jobs to the largely Hispanic town... More »

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illegal immigrant • prison • deportation • jail • Rhode Island • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • private prisons • detention

 4 Insurgents Escape 
 in Iraqi Jail Riot 

4 likely al-Qaeda in Iraq members escape

Dec 26, 08 8:01 AM CST
(AP) - Four prisoners who belong to the insurgent group Al-Qaeda in Iraq broke out of jail during a riot today that killed six police officers and seven prisoners in the western city of Ramadi, police said. Authorities have imposed a curfew on the city, the capital of Anbar province, as they... More »

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Iraq • prison • jail • Anbar • Ramadi • Iraq police • prisoner • al-Qaeda in Iraq • breakout

Shoe-Throwing Journo Beaten, Brother Alleges

Iraqi military denies claim and says
man is healthy

Dec 16, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference 2 days ago has been beaten in custody, his brother told the BBC. The brother alleges that Muntadar al-Zaidi, 28, has a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, but the Iraqi military says the journalist is... More »

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Iraq • prison • shoes • journalist • Arab • George W. Bush • insult • Muntadar al-Zaidi

Prisons Aim to Change Ban on Phone Jamming

Rampant cell use facilitates crimes committed behind bars

Dec 8, 08 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Cell phone use is a growing problem among prison inmates, but the obvious solution—signal jamming—is illegal under a 74-year-old federal law. Prisoners can easily smuggle the increasingly tiny handsets, and for the unrepentant among them, “whatever illegal activities you were doing outside, you can continue that uninterrupted,... More »

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cell phones • FCC • prison • cell phone jammers

 Balfour's 
 Troubles 
 Go Way 
 Back 

Hudson murder suspect had abusive mother, imprisoned father

Dec 7, 08 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - William Balfour grappled with depression and rage for years before his arrest in the Jennifer Hudson family killings, the Chicago Tribune reports. The son of a convicted killer, Balfour lived in and out of correctional facilities, suffering physical abuse at home and smoking dope to quell his anger. After serving... More »

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drugs • prison • crime • murder • abuse • Jennifer Hudson • William Balfour

 Winehouse Ex 
 Back in the Pokey 

Winehouse hubby violated bail

Dec 3, 08 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s shockingly back to prison for Amy Winehouse’s soon-to-be ex-hubby, the Independent reports. Blake Fielder-Civil reportedly broke the terms of his early-release bail by failing a drug test. He had earlier claimed to be clean, thanks to his forced stint in rehab. After failing the test, Fielder-Civil supposedly... More »

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rehab • prison • drug addiction • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • drug test

 Kiefer Had to 
 Kick Butts 
 in Slammer 

Star spent 48 days in big house without smoking

Nov 18, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Not surprisingly, Kiefer Sutherland didn’t find prison a pleasant experience. “There’s no smoking,” the actor tells Vogue. Though he made it 48 days without cigarettes, the 24 star still hasn’t quit. Sutherland, 41, went on to complain about the lack of privacy, made worse by... More »

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television • prison • smoking • DUI • celebrity • jail • Kiefer Sutherland

 German Inmate 
 Mails Himself Free 

Warden unsurprised by crazy escape, calls for more guards

Nov 15, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - German police are on a manhunt for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from prison by mailing himself in a cardboard box, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old man crawled into the box after a long shift of making stationery. An unwitting express courier then loaded the box onto his truck... More »

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prison • Germany • escape • escaped criminal

Hathaway's Ex 'Deteriorates'
in Prison

Con man Follieri can't handle 'filthy, smelly' conditions, bad food

Nov 13, 08 9:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Moving from his $37,500-a-month Trump Tower apartment into a windowless dorm room shared with 120 other inmates has not been good for Raffaello Follieri’s health, the New York Post reports. The convicted con man’s lawyer told a judge that Anne Hathaway’s ex has blood in his... More »

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prison • Italy • Vatican • celebrity • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri • con man

Hooker Bookers Fume After Spitzer Let Off

Club VIP managers
face sentencing as ex-governor walks

Nov 8, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The prostitution agency that once served Eliot Spitzer is hardly happy that the disgraced former governor is getting off, at their expense, Salon reports. Spitzer evaded federal charges for patronizing a prostitution ring, prompting an attorney for one of the agency’s bookers—who is facing 6-16 months in jail—... More »

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prison • New York • Eliot Spitzer • governor • attorney • prostitution ring • criminal charges • criminal prosecution

 Why Prisons Are Going Green 

Daytime eco-projects cut costs and boost social behavior

Nov 2, 08 4:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Forget the chain gang and license plate production. Many of today's US prisoners are busy collecting rainwater and recycling old uniforms, AP reports. Facing costs in the billions and a rising prison population, more officials are putting inmates to work on daytime eco-projects. "It reduces cost, reduces our damaging... More »

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prison • environmentalism • solar power

EU Honors Chinese Dissident, Enraging Beijing

Hu Jia is serving a prison sentence for 'subversion'

Oct 23, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A move by the European Parliament to award a major human-rights prize to a Chinese dissident has Beijing outraged on the eve of a summit on the economic crisis, the Telegraph reports. The government denounced as “gross interference in China's domestic affairs” news that the jailed Hu Jia had... More »

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China • human rights • prison • Nicolas Sarkozy • political prisoner • dissidents • Jose Manuel Barroso • Hu Jia • European Parliament • Sakharov Prize

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