On Wednesday, a U.S. panel considered expanding the ability of federal prisoners to seek compassionate release and limiting judges’ power to punish...
Summary: A Brooklyn man with no legal credentials pretended to be an attorney, promising overturned convictions to inmates serving long sentences in...
Summary: A Tennessee sheriff is now behind bars after confessing to inappropriate acts with inmates. A Tennessee sheriff admitted to having sex...
Summary: A Las Vegas attorney is facing multiple felony counts for allegedly giving at cellphones to inmates at the Clark County Detention...
Summary: Alaskan attorney Kit Lee Karjala faces federal charges for sneaking drugs into her client at an Anchorage attorney. Defense attorney Kit...
Summary: Two prisoner civil rights lawsuits have been filed against Macomb County Jail in the U.S. District Court in Detroit. Macomb County...
Summary: In a story that shocked the nation, Joyce Mitchell helped two inmates escape from a New York prison. In her confession,...
Inmates in most prisons have very little contact with the outside world. They are barred from owning cell phones, and if they...
