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6 hrs ago | Chesterton Tribune

Visitor to state prison charged with trafficking

A visitor to the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City was arrested on a charge of trafficking after she attempted to smuggle a cellular telephone to an inmate, the Indiana Department of Correction said.

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Related Topix: Prison, Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, IN, St Joseph County, IN, Laporte County, IN

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Indianapolis Star

Convicted Ind. killer apologizes on 'Oprah'

A man sentenced to death for killing his estranged wife and two of her relatives apologized to family members on Oprah Winfrey's television show.

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Related Topix: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, Prison, Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, IN

CNN

Sniper's ex-wife: 'I'm praying for myself'

His shooting spree left at least 10 dead and millions terrified of bullets coming from an unseen sniper.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Jarratt, VA

FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

Ohio trooper once honored for making most DUI arrests charged with drunken driving

A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was once honored for making the most DUI arrests has been charged with drunken driving.

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Related Topix: Allen Correctional Institution, Prison

WTIC-TV Hartford

Petit Calls On AG To Investigate State Department Of Correction

Dr. William Petit has asked the state attorney general to look into whether the state Department of Correction acted improperly when it allowed murder suspect Joshua Komisarjevsky to be interviewed for a book.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Death Penalty, MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, Prison

Middletown Times Herald Record

Sex offender draws prison time

A judge Thursday said he expected to find acts like the ones that made Michael Mele a registered sex offender "in a secure mental health facility, or zoo, not in a mall in the United States of America." Orange County Court Judge Nicholas DeRosa called Mele's lewd conduct at the Palisades Center mall "depraved and unfathomable" as he sentenced the ...

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Related Topix: Orange County, NY, Palisades, NY, Prison, Newburgh, NY, Wallkill, NY

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Yakima Herald-Republic

NEW Latest review calls for closing Ahtanum View Corrections Center

A consulting group hired to find ways to slash costs in the state's prison system released its final report last week.

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Related Topix: Ahtanum, WA, Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro, Larch Corrections Center, Prison, Vancouver, WA

Evening Sun

Driver jailed in officer's death

A York man who pleaded guilty in the crash that killed a Latimore Township police officer could spend up to five years in prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WBAL-TV

Inmate Fatally Stabbed At Correctional Institution

A 37-year-old inmate serving five years on drug charges was stabbed to death Sunday night at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover.

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Related Topix: Eastern Correctional Institution, Prison, Maryland

PhillyBurbs.com

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

This October 2002 photo provided by the Equal Justice Initiative shows Terrance Graham, 15, in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Related Topix: Prison, Jacksonville Metro, US News, Lake City, FL, Columbia Correctional Institution

LoHud

Career criminal from Yonkers convicted of Ardsley burglary

A county jury today convicted Owen McAllister, 43, of one count of felony burglary and misdemeanor counts of petty larceny and possessing stolen property for a March 26 break-in at a home in Ardsley.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Yonkers, NY, Ardsley, NY, Prison, Westchester County, NY

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Empire State News

Attica inmates arrested following stabbing

State Police arrested two inmates subsequent to investigation into a violent edged weapon assault and stabbing which took place on August 12, in the "C" Block Yard at Attica State Prison.

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Journal News

Former Carmel girls basketball standout gets 1-3 years in fatal DWI crash

WHITE PLAINS - A 24-year-old former all-star athlete was sentenced to one to three years in state prison today for causing a drunken-driving crash that killed her best friend last year.

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Related Topix: White Plains, NY, Prison, Wappingers Falls, NY, Stormville, NY

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Wisconsin Innocence Project seeks a new trial for Moore

One of the men convicted of murdering Tom Monfils in a Green Bay paper mill 12 years ago has enlisted the aid of the Wisconsin Innocence Project in seeking a new trial.

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Related Topix: Green Bay Metro, Green Bay, WI, Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Prison, Brown County, WI, Milwaukee, WI

Dalton Daily Citizen

'New' depot yields old memories

To this day, it's still a mystery how William Jasper Sims died near the railroad tracks at Crown Cotton Mill on Aug.

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Related Topix: Dalton, GA, Atlanta, GA, Prison, US Military, US Army, Camp Blanding

WBZ TV

2 Inmates Missing From Low-security Maine Prison

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Related Topix: Prison, Warren, ME, Bolduc Correctional Facility

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Inmates out of control

One warm day in August 2007 was just like any other day at work for William "Bill" Bond, a second shift sergeant at Valdosta State Prison.

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Related Topix: Valdosta State Prison, Prison

KMTR

Oregon's inmate release program draws flak

Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance spokeswoman Tara Lawrence said Friday that courts and district attorneys around Oregon are being saddled with extra costs and workload from having to conduct thousands of resentencing reviews.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Oregon Government, Oregon

Journal News

Rockland businessman gets prison time for stealing ownership of house from his girlfriend

A Rockland judge today sentenced a county businessman to state prison and ordered him to pay $226,000 for stealing ownership of a house he had co-owned with his live-in girlfriend.

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Related Topix: Prison, Spring Valley, NY, Hillburn, NY, New City, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Monsey, NY

San Diego 6

Sexually Violent Predator Taken into Custody

A sexually violent predator reintegrated into the community in April following years of treatment at a mental hospital was arrested for violating terms and conditions of his release, authorities said Friday.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Prison, San Diego Metro

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