http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PrisonsFind stories, videos, and photos about Prisons from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:28:59 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Prisons14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Prisons from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/29/news/california_michigan_prisons.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/29/news/california_michigan_prisons.reut/index.htmMichigan has to close prisons to save money. California's are bursting at the seams.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/24/news/economy/madoff_prison_survival_tips/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/24/news/economy/madoff_prison_survival_tips/index.htmWhen Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff is sentenced on Monday, he'll be sent to a real prison with real bars and violent offenders, not a "country club" for white collar crooks, consultants say.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/19/louisiana.manhunt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/19/louisiana.manhunt/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 100 police officers and others were searching Friday in a southeastern Louisiana parish for a murder suspect who escaped from jail with three other inmates, a law enforcement official said.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/06/19/o.puppies.behind.bars/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/06/19/o.puppies.behind.bars/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf there's anything Oprah Winfrey knows for sure, it's what the love of a dog can do for your life. "There is nothing in the world like puppy love," Oprah says.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/05/news/economy/Michigan_closes_prisons/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/05/news/economy/Michigan_closes_prisons/index.htmMichigan officials said Friday that the state is closing three prisons and five prison camps in hopes of narrowing a $1.4 billion budget gap for fiscal 2010.Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/30/texas.prison.cell.phones/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/30/texas.prison.cell.phones/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the black market of prison life, cell phones have become perhaps the hottest commodity. Now, Texas is among a growing number of state governments going after them.Sun, 31 May 2009 03:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/mothers.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/mothers.prison/index.html#cnnSTCText"Get yourself together." Mary Williams repeated those three words often to her 28-year-old daughter, who served three years in a Kansas prison for a 1988 armed robbery.Thu, 07 May 2009 14:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/mitchell.juveniles/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/mitchell.juveniles/index.html#cnnSTCTextTen years ago, teen Daniel Giddings shot a man during an attempted robbery and was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison.Tue, 05 May 2009 18:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/oceanfront.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/oceanfront.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf one California lawmaker has his way, his cash-strapped state may have an arresting real estate listing on the market: San Quentin State Prison.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/23/mumia.supreme.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/23/mumia.supreme.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextMumia Abu-Jamal sits on Pennsylvania's death row, perhaps the most recognized of the 228 condemned inmates at the Greene Correctional Facility, an hour south of Pittsburgh.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/18/new.mexico.death.penalty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/18/new.mexico.death.penalty/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill Wednesday repealing the death penalty in his state, his office confirmed.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:06:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/news/companies/madoff_prison/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/news/companies/madoff_prison/index.htmThe next big question about convicted scammer Bernard Madoff, who has been ensconced in his $7 million home for the past several months, is where he'll likely spend the rest of his life.Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/record.prison.population/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/record.prison.population/index.html#cnnSTCTextA record number of Americans served time in corrections systems across the country in 2007, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Center on the States.Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/20/btsc.prison.university/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/20/btsc.prison.university/index.html#cnnSTCTextSan Quentin Prison sits like a fortress along the bay just north of San Francisco. It is bordered by some of the most expensive residential real estate in the country. But at the edge of this scenic peninsula, 5,400 inmates are locked up.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/24/greece.prison.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/24/greece.prison.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextGreek officials have suspended eight prison guards after two inmates staged a dramatic helicopter escape, the Greek Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/14/prison.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/14/prison.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn improvised explosive device went off inside a federal prison in California during a search Saturday, according to federal authorities.Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/10/california.prisons/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/10/california.prisons/index.html#cnnSTCTextFederal judges tentatively ruled on Monday that California must reduce the number of inmates in its overcrowded prison system by up to 40 percent to stop a constitutional violation of prisoners' rights.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/01/texas.prison.riot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/01/texas.prison.riot/index.html#cnnSTCTextA riot at a Texas detention center was ended Sunday. One prison building was heavily damaged, and about 700 inmates were going to spend the night in tents, authorities said.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/01/texas.prison.riot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/01/texas.prison.riot/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands of inmates rioted at the Reeves County Detention Center in Texas on Saturday, the second disturbance at the prison facility in the last two months.Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/30/colorado.prison.sex/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/30/colorado.prison.sex/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former prison secretary has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for having sex with an inmate she was supposed to be supervising, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in the District of Colorado said Friday.Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/25/florida.prison.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/25/florida.prison.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextStaffers at a federal prison in central Florida fired shots to break up a large-scale fight that sent eight inmates to hospital emergency rooms Sunday afternoon, officials said.Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/alabama.sheriff.jailed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/alabama.sheriff.jailed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA federal judge ordered a north Alabama sheriff jailed this week, saying the lawman intentionally served jail inmates "woefully insufficient" meals in order to pocket more than $200,000.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/06/12/heroes.lecroy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/06/12/heroes.lecroy/index.html#cnnSTCText"My total sentence was 55 years -- for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute," recalls Carolyn LeCroy.Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/14/toofat.execution/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death.Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/10/toofat.execute.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/10/toofat.execute.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Ohio death row inmate who says he is too overweight to be executed took his plea to the Supreme Court on Friday.Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/18/mexico.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/18/mexico.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTextA daylong riot at an overcrowded prison in the Mexican border city of Tijuana left 19 inmates dead and nearly 60 wounded, a government spokesman said.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/26/prison.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/26/prison.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextJose Rivera survived two tours of duty in Iraq, but his job as a corrections officer at a high-security federal prison in California cost him his life.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/20/cards.cold.cases/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/20/cards.cold.cases/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile inmates in jails across New York pass the time by playing card games -- poker, gin rummy and solitaire -- they may also be helping crack cold cases.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/prison.cellphones/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/prison.cellphones/index.html#cnnSTCTextChante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone.Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:13:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1829397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugsTue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/michael_mccann/07/29/donaghy/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/michael_mccann/07/29/donaghy/index.htmlSI.com legal analyst Michael McCann answers the key questions following Tuesday's sentencing of disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy to 15 months in prison.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/bia.michael.dyson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/bia.michael.dyson/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhenever the segment featuring me and my imprisoned brother, Everett, from Soledad O'Brien's searing CNN special "Black in America" airs nationally, I invariably receive an e-mail, call or comment from a black person saying our story is their story.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/15/release.denied/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/15/release.denied/index.html#cnnSTCTextSusan Atkins, a terminally ill former Charles Manson follower convicted in the murder of actress Sharon Tate, on Tuesday was denied a compassionate release from prison.Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1822820,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1822820,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA state watchdog commission has recommended that California phase out its antiquated juvenile prisons by 2011Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203730,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203730,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnHulk Hogan's teen son faces "cruel and unusual punishment," his attorneys sayTue, 03 Jun 2008 12:44:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1734402,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1734402,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHBO is betting that Mexican soap fans will go for a gritty, and expensive, drama about women in prisonWed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/17/germany.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/17/germany.prison/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new company in Germany is trying to break into the fashion business selling stylish clothes designed and produced by prison inmates.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/28/prison.fights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/28/prison.fights/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne inmate was killed and several others were injured when two fights broke out early Friday at a federal prison in Texas, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said.Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/27/prison.greeting.cards/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/27/prison.greeting.cards/index.html#cnnSTCTextEver find yourself struggling to craft the perfect sentence for a loved one who's, um, serving a sentence? Now, you have a friend in the greeting card business.Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/24/scotus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/24/scotus/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court's ruling that female inmates have a constitutional right to abortions off jail grounds.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1722065,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1722065,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsQuestions are raised about Gus Puryear's performance as chief counsel for the nation's biggest private prison companyThu, 13 Mar 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1717990,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1717990,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFor the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate populationThu, 28 Feb 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/11/prison.boss/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/11/prison.boss/index.html#cnnSTCTextSoftball, drunken orgies and a prison system run like the mafia. That's what Florida's former prison secretary says he inherited when he took over one of the nation's largest prison systems two years ago.Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/22/prisoner.abortion.rides/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/22/prisoner.abortion.rides/index.html#cnnSTCTextA federal appeals court has upheld the right of female inmates to be transported at state expense for elective abortions.Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:36:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1703471,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1703471,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsProsecutors point to a jailhouse letter as evidence of a terrorism defendant's guilt. But it doesn't look like he wrote itMon, 14 Jan 2008 22:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/07/sctous.injection/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/07/sctous.injection/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided along ideological lines Monday over whether lethal-injection execution methods in about three dozen states are being properly and humanely applied.Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/31/moore.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/31/moore.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of the women who tried to assassinate President Ford 32 years ago was released on parole Monday from a federal prison in California, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesman.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.mcveigh4/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.mcveigh4/index.html#cnnSTCTextLike soldiers in a foxhole, the residents of Supermax's Unit D developed the kind of bonds that come when your days are no longer your own.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1697613,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1697613,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering the early release of more than 20,000 low-risk prison inmates from the nation's largest prison system as a way to save money amid a worsening budget crisisFri, 21 Dec 2007 14:15:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1672366,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1672366,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe acquittal of seven guards and a nurse charged in the death of a teenage boot-camp inmate has renewed calls for reform of the state's troubled corrections systemWed, 17 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/13/supermax.btsc/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/13/supermax.btsc/index.html#cnnSTCTextVisiting Supermax, the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," reveals nothing so much as an astonishing and eerie quiet.Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/dancing.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/dancing.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe sea of orange moves with an urgent rhythm as music booms in the early morning light. The dancers twirl in unison, every movement carefully choreographed.Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/warden.ministry.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/warden.ministry.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextPersonal tragedy set Kate Braestrup on her path to ministry.Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1651002,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1651002,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe nation's prisons and jails are filled with people who don't belong there, but police from Memphis to Miami are stepping in to set them freeWed, 08 Aug 2007 21:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100051018/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100051018/index.htmWhen Fernando Ortega talks about the seven days and seven nights he spent in a Los Angeles County jail, he recalls the nine-foot-by-nine-foot cell he shared with three murderers, the "stinking urine smell," and finally, the magazine. "If it weren't for the magazine," he says, recalling the publication that distracted him from his menacing surroundings, "who knows what would have happened to me?"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:33:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1635592,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1635592,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe state's overcrowded corrections system is in crisis. But a federal panel's judgment could force open prison doorsThu, 28 Jun 2007 19:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1627829,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1627829,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsParis Hilton checked into a Los Angeles County jail to begin a three-week stay for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/29/Dobbs.May30/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/29/Dobbs.May30/index.htmlI've been, over the years, because of our reporting on controversial issues and my strongly held beliefs on those issues, attacked, and usually pretty vigorously, by both the left wing and the right wing of this nation's media, both mainstream and otherwise, and of course the politicians that form the extremes of our political spectrum.Tue, 29 May 2007 19:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/05/07/lethal.injection/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/05/07/lethal.injection/index.htmlWhen Gary Gilmore was choosing between the firing squad and the electric chair in 1977, Dr. Jay Chapman remembers discussing the inhumanity of each option with his colleagues at the Oklahoma state medical examiner's office.Mon, 07 May 2007 14:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394995/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394995/index.htmBrian Prins is an affable salesman who touts the benefits of his prepaid collect-calling service in a distinct Long Island accent. He's also an ex-con who served five years in a Pennsylvania state ... Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/15/supermax.messages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/15/supermax.messages/index.htmlTwo California court cases are raising questions about whether prisoners in the nation's toughest prison, SuperMax, are continuing to commit crimes by smuggling coded messages out of the high-security institution.Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:33:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/23/news/newsmakers/skilling_prison/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/23/news/newsmakers/skilling_prison/index.htmIf U.S. District Judge Sim Lake's suggestion holds, former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling will see the start of the Thirties - the 2030s, that is - at a federal prison in North Carolina.Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/23/news/newsmakers/skilling_sentence/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/23/news/newsmakers/skilling_sentence/index.htmFormer Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, who gained infamy as the man who orchestrated the largest corporate fraud in history, was sentenced to more than 24 years in jail Monday.Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/news/newsmakers/ebbers_prison/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/news/newsmakers/ebbers_prison/index.htmEx-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers reported to a federal correctional institution in Oakdale, Louisiana Tuesday to begin his 25-year sentence for his role in an $11 billion accounting fraud.Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:47:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/news/newsmakers/ebbers/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/26/news/newsmakers/ebbers/index.htmEx-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers will report to a federal prison Tuesday to begin his 25-year sentence for his role in an $11 billion accounting fraud.Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/04/russian.prison.hostages/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/04/russian.prison.hostages/index.htmlRussian police forced three inmate hostage-takers to release their 15 captives unharmed Monday after an hours-long standoff at a pretrial detention center in southeast Moscow, said Interfax news agency, quoting prison system director Yuri Kalinin.Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/22/fla.shooting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/22/fla.shooting/index.htmlA prison guard's unauthorized gun is at the center of an FBI investigation into how a routine arrest Wednesday turned into a gunbattle that killed a federal agent and the guard.Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/22/prison.indictment/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/22/prison.indictment/index.htmlBehind the boilerplate language of the grand jury indictment at the heart of an arrest gone awry is the story of a prison sex scandal straight from a B movie.Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/21/fla.shooting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/21/fla.shooting/index.htmlA deadly gunbattle broke out at a federal prison Wednesday when a corrections officer opened fire as federal agents tried to arrest him and other guards on charges they traded drugs for sex, officials in Tallahassee, Florida, said.Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:26:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/26/news/newsmakers/enron_next/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/26/news/newsmakers/enron_next/index.htmJeffrey Skilling was once a hard-charging poster boy for energy deregulation. Kenneth Lay was once a big political fund-raiser for George W. Bush.Fri, 26 May 2006 14:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/21/incarceration.rate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/21/incarceration.rate/index.htmlMore than 1,000 inmates were added to the nation's prisons and jails each week from June 2004 to June 2005, according to a report issued Sunday by the U.S. Department of Justice.Sun, 21 May 2006 19:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/15/brazil.violenceover/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/15/brazil.violenceover/index.htmlSao Paulo state Gov. Claudio Lembo announced late Monday that all prison rebellions across the state have ended and 200 prison guards held hostage over the weekend have been freed without injury.Tue, 16 May 2006 02:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/14/brazil.attacks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/14/brazil.attacks/index.htmlA criminal gang in Brazil launched a wave of attacks against police stations in greater Sao Paulo and uprisings in 64 jails across Sao Paulo state at the weekend, resulting in at least 52 deaths, authorities said.Sun, 14 May 2006 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/13/moussaoui.prison/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/13/moussaoui.prison/index.htmlConvicted al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui had no idea they were coming when federal marshals showed up in the middle of the night to take him to the nation's highest-security federal prison to begin serving his life sentence Saturday.Sat, 13 May 2006 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/06/prison.hostage/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/06/prison.hostage/index.htmlAn inmate who used a homemade weapon to take a female guard hostage at a maximum-security California prison Saturday surrendered peacefully after speaking to a family member, prison officials said.Sat, 06 May 2006 21:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/04/moussaoui.verdict/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/04/moussaoui.verdict/index.htmlPublicly blasting the United States one last time, al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui was formally sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his role in the September 11 attacks.Thu, 04 May 2006 06:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/moussaoui.transcript/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/moussaoui.transcript/index.htmlThe following is a partial statement read Wednesday by court spokesman Edward Adams regarding 23 mitigating factors considered by jurors in the sentencing trial of admitted al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui:Wed, 03 May 2006 23:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/otsc.toobin/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/otsc.toobin/index.htmlThe jury in the case of al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui recommended Wednesday that he should receive life in prison rather than the death penalty for his role in the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States.Wed, 03 May 2006 20:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/05/louisiana.fugitive/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/05/louisiana.fugitive/index.htmlFBI agents and U.S. marshals are searching for a convicted murderer who escaped Wednesday from a federal prison in Louisiana.Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/06/amnesty.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/06/amnesty.iraq/index.htmlHuman rights group Amnesty International has condemned the detention of some 14,000 prisoners in Iraq without charge or trial, saying torture is continuing despite the Abu Ghraib scandal.Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/16/abughraib.photos/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/16/abughraib.photos/index.htmlThe Iraqi government Thursday condemned prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, following an Australian TV broadcast of newly released images, the aired timing of which a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq called "irresponsible" and "unnecessarily provocative."Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/13/ill.jail.escape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/13/ill.jail.escape/index.htmlThe final two inmates of six who escaped over the weekend from the Cook County jail surrendered to police early Monday after being holed up with a woman and her children in an apartment, a Cicero Police Department spokesman said.Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/16/nichols.escape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/16/nichols.escape/index.htmlJail officials in Atlanta said Wednesday they have intercepted letters revealing an escape plot between courthouse shooting suspect Brian Nichols and another "high profile" inmate.Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:08:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/19/news/newsmakers/kozlowski_sentence/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/19/news/newsmakers/kozlowski_sentence/index.htmEx-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski received 8-1/3 to 25 years in prison Monday for his part in stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the manufacturing conglomerate.Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/16/news/newsmakers/kozloski_sentencing/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/16/news/newsmakers/kozloski_sentencing/index.htmFormer Tyco chief executive Dennis Kozlowski faces the music Monday.Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/cnna.foulston/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/cnna.foulston/index.htmlThe judge in the BTK case on Thursday sentenced Dennis Rader, 60, to a minimum of 175 years in prison for the 10 murders to which he has confessed.Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/15/guatemala.prison.riots/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/15/guatemala.prison.riots/index.htmlInmates from rival gangs clashed in three Guatemalan prisons Monday, leaving at least 31 prisoners dead before police restored order, the country's interior minister said.Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:37:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/21/news/newsmakers/prisons_state/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/21/news/newsmakers/prisons_state/index.htmJust a few city blocks separated the Manhattan courtrooms where Dennis Kozlowski and John Rigas both appeared in recent days.Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/31/scotus.prison.religion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/31/scotus.prison.religion/index.htmlThe Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate inmate religions.Tue, 31 May 2005 14:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/10/terror.trial.lawyer/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/10/terror.trial.lawyer/index.htmlA New York jury on Thursday convicted U.S. attorney Lynne Stewart and two other defendants of helping terrorists and lying to the U.S. government.Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/27/xmas.inmates/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/27/xmas.inmates/index.htmlAs end-of-the-year festivities gear up across the country, some prison inmates are also getting ready to celebrate the holidays. Here's a list of prisoners from the most notorious cases of the year and their possible holiday plans.Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/14/san.quentin/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/14/san.quentin/index.htmlScott Peterson's fate is now all but sealed. On Monday the jury recommended he be executed for the murder of his wife and the fetus she carried.Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:37:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/11/01/8190947/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/11/01/8190947/index.htmSquinting against a cruel sun, Gil Walker emerges from the inmate holding area and heads into the dusty prison yard in Brush, Colo., a blip of a town 91 miles northwest of downtown Denver. Lanky, g...Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/11/01/8190948/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/11/01/8190948/index.htmIt is a good time for small companies to break into the prison market. After all, last year the nation's prison population reached 2.1 million, having grown at its fastest pace in four years, accor...Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/11/01/8190944/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/11/01/8190944/index.htmWhen David Novak first went to jail, he hardly thought of it as a shrewd, career-making move. "I've got nobody to blame but me," he says. "I was the idiot who did what I did." Novak's conviction fo...Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/21/news/newsmakers/martha_appeal/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/21/news/newsmakers/martha_appeal/index.htmAttorneys for Martha Stewart have filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District claiming that the process leading to her conviction was tainted.Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/20/news/newsmakers/martha_jailjam/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/20/news/newsmakers/martha_jailjam/index.htmImprisoned domestic diva Martha Stewart may again be caught in a "jam," according to a report published Wednesday.Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/15/stewart.prison/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/15/stewart.prison/index.htmlWith one week down and many more to go, Martha Stewart has written an open letter to fans describing her first seven days in prison.Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:09:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/15/news/midcaps/martha_openletter/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/15/news/midcaps/martha_openletter/index.htmWith one week down and many more to go, Martha Stewart wrote an open letter to fans from prison that was posted Friday on her personal Web site.Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/08/news/newsmakers/marthareport/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/10/08/news/newsmakers/marthareport/index.htmMartha Stewart reported to prison in West Virginia early Friday morning to begin serving a five-month sentence for lying about a stock trade.Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:21:00 EDT