Prisons
Solitary Calif. Prisoners Turn to Hunger Strikes to Demand Reform
So far 30,000 inmates have begun refusing meals
Prison Guards Fired in Connection with Officer's Death Ordered Reinstated
Accused of falsifying documents and lying to investigators
Prison Ordered to Hire Back Guards Fired over an Officer's Murder Because Everybody Else Was Awful, Too
Incompetence is not a firing offense when you work for the government. Even when it kills a co-worker.
CA Women Inmates Coerced Into Unapproved Sterilizations
Doctors targeted those considered likely to return to prison
66-Year-Old Brooklyn Man Suing NYC For Wrongful Imprisonment
Seeks $16 million for spending a year in jail for a robbery he didn't commit
Feds Order Calif. to Start Releasing Prisoners Early
Under court orders to reduce overcrowding
Lawsuit Claims Texas Jailers Ran Rape Camp
Forced women to sodomize guards, each other
Inmates Rat Out Drug Dealing Corrections Officers at Riker's Island
Investigation took DEA two years
Venue Owner Heads to Federal Prison over On-Site Drug Use
Not convicted of using or selling any himself
GOP Congressmen Attempt to Block Efforts to Close Guantanamo
Restrictions on transferring prisoners elsewhere
Calif. Serial Killer Known as the 'Night Stalker' Has Died
Richard Ramirez convicted of 13 murders that took place in the '80s
Judge Reinstates Prison Guards Fired over Alleged Inmate Beating in Calif.
Challenges investigation outcome and orders back pay
Audit Says 20,000 NJ Inmates Were Mistakenly Paid Millions in Benefits
$24 million in total
Obama Planning New Push to Close Guantanamo Bay
Skepticism over his ability to convince Congress
Gitmo Hunger-Striker Starts Twitter Campaign to Close Prison
Has been in detention for 11 years
Tsarnaev's Lawyer Loses Bid to Photograph Dzhokhar in Jail
Prison officials will take the pics instead
Sentence Reductions Begin in Calif. Due to Three-Strikes Law Reform
Prisoners given life sentences for minor third crimes slowly being freed
Report Calls for 'Compassionate Release' of More Federal Prisoners
Federal prisons don't offer parole, but sentences can be reduced in certain circumstances
Guards Get Lie-Detector Tests at Scandal-Plagued Baltimore Jail
Union fears "witch hunt" meaning, "they might be caught"
Member of Pussy Riot Denied Parole in Russia
Not appropriately penitent for the authorities
Inmates Clash With Guards at Guantanamo Bay
Violence sparked by the end of communal housing in one of the camps
Lindh Lawyer Wants Contempt Ruling over Prison Prayer Guidelines
Muslim inmates not being allowed to pray together, defying judge's verdict
Imprisoned Environmental Activist Forbidden From Publishing Without Permission From Government
Daniel MacGowan, charged with terrorism and now in a halfway home, has written about being placed in experimental solitary confinement
New Orleans Mayor Places Parish Prison in Federal Receivership, Sheriff Complains
Sheriff calls the move a "political attack"
Denver Deputy Accused of Helping Inmate Escape
criminal got out by wearing a deputy's uniform
Environmentalist Allegedly Rejailed for Writing about Prison Conditions
Had pleaded guilty to arson linked to Earth Liberation Front and was finishing out sentence