PRISONS
Prison chief's death highlights safety concerns 
The newest warden was sworn in Friday to oversee South Carolina's Lee Correctional Institution, a prison described by Gov. Nikki Haley as a dangerous place "housing the worst of the worst of our convicts."
By Don Thompson and Rebecca Boone , March 24, 2013
Incarcerated veterans train dogs for other vets
Hazard Wilson's new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can't be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever. Yardley is one of three canines assigned since September to inmates at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland for training as service dogs for disabled military veterans.
By David Dishneau , January 04, 2013
Hecker moved to Pennsylvania prison
Fallen Twin Cities auto mogul Denny Hecker has been switched to another prison. WCCO-TV reports Hecker was recently moved to the U.S. Penitentiary in Canaan, Pa. It's his fifth prison in four months.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2012
N.D. women’s prison’ annual budget $4.39 million
Services, meals, staff make up costThe Dakota Women’s Correctional Rehab Center, a 126-bed prison established in 2003, operates on an annual budget of about $4.39 million, officials say. Revenue comes from the North Dakota Department of Corrections, said Connie Monson, financial administrator.
By Ashley Martin , April 22, 2012
Two women in charge of securing only women's prison in N.D.
Armed with nothing more than a can of pepper spray and knowledge of pressure points, Capt. Michelle Westling and Capt. Lenore Witte are in charge of securing the Dakota Women’s Correctional Rehab Center.
By Ashley Martin , April 21, 2012
Aghanistan, U.S. agree to transfer control of main U.S. prison in country
The U.S. military and the Afghan government sealed an agreement Friday on the gradual transfer of control of the main U.S. prison in the country, a last-minute breakthrough that brings the first progress in months in contentious negotiations over a long-term partnership.
By Heidi Vogt , March 09, 2012
Prison riot in Mexico leaves 44 dead, according to security official
A prison riot in northern Mexico left at least 44 people dead early Sunday, according to a security official. Nuevo Leon state public security spokesman Jorge Domene Zambrano told Milenio television that the riot broke out at about 2 a.m. at a prison in the city of Apodaca outside of the northern industrial city of Monterrey.
By Associated Press , February 19, 2012
Honduran prison fire catastrophe prompts growing survivor rage
Death toll rises to 356As workers cleaned up the rubble of the century's deadliest prison fire, a collective rage built among relatives who gathered at the morgue and said the official explanation of a mattress fire was absurd. It was the world's worst prison fire in a century.
By Marcos Aleman and Mark Stevenson , February 17, 2012
Prison fire exposes dysfunction, chaos in Honduras
Six guards, 800-plus prisoners in 10 cellblocks, one set of keys. The numbers added up to disaster when fire tore through a prison and 355 people died, many yet to even be charged with a crime, much less convicted. The deadliest prison blaze in a century has exposed just how deep government dysfunction and confusion go in Honduras, a small Central American country with the world's highest murder rate.
By Mark Stevenson and Martha Mendoza , February 16, 2012
Official: 358 confirmed dead in Honduras prison fire (VIDEO)
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleBy Freddy Cuevas and Marcos Aleman , February 15, 2012
Convicted auto dealer Hecker moved to solitary confinement
Denny Hecker, 59, pleaded guilty in 2010 to bankruptcy fraud and defrauding auto lenders.
By Associated Press , February 08, 2012
Inmate pulls fast one on state police with pig image on cruisers
A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.
By Lisa Rathke , February 02, 2012
Man charged in Mississippi priest's death found dead in jail
Mississippi corrections officials say a man accused of killing a Roman Catholic priest and taking the victim's car on a family vacation to Disney World has been found dead in his prison cell of an apparent suicide.
By Holbrook Mohr , January 26, 2012
All Minnesota prisons under lockdown as authorities arrest gang members
All 9,500 inmates in Minnesota's prison system were on a roughly 24-hour lockdown while authorities conducted a takedown of alleged members of the Native Mob gang.
By Amy Forliti , January 25, 2012
View your ad here! Cost effective targeted advertising.
Contextual advertising starting as low as $79/month. This includes targeted ad delivery and search results!
Add your business to the Marketplace »
RSS Feeds