"Dark Knight" Director's Brother Accused of Planning Batman-Style Escape
(Warner Bros.)
Matthew Nolan, the brother of "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, is being held at the prison, accused of a murder in Costa Rica.
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November 9, 2009 6:30 AM CHICAGO - The brother of the director of "The Dark Knight" was apparently planning his own Batman-style escape from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, according to CBS station WBBM.
Matthew Nolan, the brother of "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, is being held at the prison, accused of a murder in Costa Rica.
Matthew Nolan, the brother of "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, is being held at the prison, accused of a murder in Costa Rica.
November 6, 2009 7:45 AM
Caught on Tape: Inmates to the Rescue!
TAMPA, Fla. – Inmates to the rescue!
A case of role-reversal was caught on security video at a Tampa, Florida jail. Four inmates came to the aid of a guard at the Orient Road Jail, after he was attacked by another prisoner.
The inmates helped save 64-year-old detention deputy Kenneth Moon on Monday afternoon after prisoner Douglas Burden charged him, put him in a choke hold and began strangling him.
A case of role-reversal was caught on security video at a Tampa, Florida jail. Four inmates came to the aid of a guard at the Orient Road Jail, after he was attacked by another prisoner.
The inmates helped save 64-year-old detention deputy Kenneth Moon on Monday afternoon after prisoner Douglas Burden charged him, put him in a choke hold and began strangling him.
November 5, 2009 6:30 AM 
OKLAHOMA - When it comes to getting the swine flu vaccine, prison inmates in Oklahoma would seem to have... no shot.
Prison officials in the Sooner State have asked for about 15,000 doses of the vaccine, but state health officials have stamped it "request denied."
They're not feeling too guilty about it either.
Swine Flu Vaccine For Prisoners? Don't Hold Your Breath in Oklahoma
(AP / CBS)
Prison officials in the Sooner State have asked for about 15,000 doses of the vaccine, but state health officials have stamped it "request denied."
They're not feeling too guilty about it either.
October 26, 2009 11:26 AM 
NEW YORK - Dean Cage once said "if you believe in something, fight for it."
Those hard-earned words rang out hours after the 41-year-old was released from prison more than a year ago after serving more than 12 years for a rape he didn't commit.
Dean Cage, An Innocent Man
(Innocence Project)
Those hard-earned words rang out hours after the 41-year-old was released from prison more than a year ago after serving more than 12 years for a rape he didn't commit.
October 21, 2009 11:45 AM 
NEW YORK - Fallen financier Bernard Madoff has plunged from his Manhattan penthouse to the lower bunk of a cell he shares with a drug offender at a federal prison, where he eats pizza cooked by a child molester and hangs around with a notorious mobster and a convicted spy, according to legal papers filed Tuesday.
Madoff's Bottom Bunk: Eating Pizza with Child Molester, Hanging with Spy
(U.S. Marshals Service)
October 20, 2009 6:13 PM 
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is heading back to the slammer — and not for the reasons you might expect.
A federal judge on Tuesday revoked Kerik's bail as he awaits a corruption trial scheduled to start next week.
No Weekend at Bernie's: Judge Sends "Toxic" Former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to Jail
(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A federal judge on Tuesday revoked Kerik's bail as he awaits a corruption trial scheduled to start next week.
October 19, 2009 6:30 AM 
PAWTUCKET, R.I. - If the state weren't so pressed for cash, Joshua Gomes might still be behind bars.
Instead, he's working temp jobs — at a construction site one week, a recycling plant another — and talks about going to college, teaching or joining the military.
Your Voice: Recession Hits Prisons Hard, but Should States Let Inmates Leave Early?
(AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Instead, he's working temp jobs — at a construction site one week, a recycling plant another — and talks about going to college, teaching or joining the military.
October 15, 2009 10:48 AM 
CANTON, Miss. - A Madison County jury of nine women and three men could have sentenced Carla Hughes to death for the brutal 2006 slaying of a pregnant woman who was her romantic rival.
But Carla Hughes' parents begged the jury to spare her life Wednesday during the sentencing phase of the capital murder trial. The jury listened; then, they sentenced Carla Hughes to prison for the rest of her life.
Carla Hughes' Parents Beg For Her Life, Jury Responds
(AP Photo/Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)
But Carla Hughes' parents begged the jury to spare her life Wednesday during the sentencing phase of the capital murder trial. The jury listened; then, they sentenced Carla Hughes to prison for the rest of her life.
October 6, 2009 2:15 PM 
NEW YORK - A Clinton Correctional Facility staffer told Crimesider that New York Rapper Shyne was released from prison today after serving more than eight years for his role in a 1999 New York night club shooting involving mentor Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and actress Jennifer Lopez.
But a late Monday report from MTV News says that the Combs protégé remains in custody at an "unspecified facility in Western New York State," while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement decides his fate.
Was Rapper Shyne Released from Prison?
(AP)
But a late Monday report from MTV News says that the Combs protégé remains in custody at an "unspecified facility in Western New York State," while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement decides his fate.
September 30, 2009 1:07 PM 
JACKSONVILLE, Florida - It was a slug from a .357-caliber Magnum that ended Ken Cooper's 13-year career as a bank robber and started him on the path toward "redemption" and a chain of five prison ministries.
From Bank Robber to Preacher. Man Found Ministry Through Crime
(AP)
