From bank robber to law professor: A story of redemption
SCOTUS granted two of Shon Hopwood's cases while he was in prison. Steve Kroft profiles a lawyer who rose from federal inmate to Georgetown law professor
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SCOTUS granted two of Shon Hopwood's cases while he was in prison. Steve Kroft profiles a lawyer who rose from federal inmate to Georgetown law professor
Melee broke out around midday Sunday in the yard at the California Men's Colony near San Luis Obispo, officials say
The inmates stole the transport van as they were being taken to a correctional facility in Kansas
Eight nights a year a high security prison in Volterra, Italy, turns into a restaurant where the prisoners do all the work
From football fields to Hollywood to courtrooms, see O.J. through the years
Simpson's fate is in hands of four Nevada parole board commissioners who will hear arguments about whether to release him
Ehud Olmert was convicted in 2014 in a wide-ranging case that accused him of accepting bribes to promote a real-estate project in Jerusalem and obstructing justice
109 detainees at Regensburg, Germany jail will have to clear out while workers remove massive bomb found by construction crew
At least 42 civilians purportedly among dead as warplanes hammer ISIS-run jail in Syrian province of Deir Ezzor
Steven Dishman escaped from prison while serving a 7-year sentence for theft and burglary
The private prison industry could face consequences from their reliance on cheap labor from immigrants who haven't been convicted
The lawsuit says after inmates tried to tell relatives about the scabies outbreak over the phone, their phone privileges were revoked
The plan involved hiding in a bottomless wooden box in a big mound of sawdust from the prison's woodshop that is hauled away periodically by a local farmer
Guards fired nearly two-dozen rounds at inmates after fistfight sparked mayhem at Pelican Bay State Prison near Oregon border
"To know I could actually do something good for somebody, that is good to know," one inmate said
Lack of supervision at Marion Correctional Institution enabled two prisoners to carry out suspicious activities, the Ohio inspector general's office reported
Season four ended with a major death, a riot breaking out in the prison, and a main character holding a correction officer at gunpoint
Sixteen inmates were directly involved in the uprising at Lincoln Correctional Center, prison officials said
Two inmates were each charged with four counts of murder, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement
Judge Bruce Anderson reportedly called the January 2016 attack by John Abdo “unforgivable"
Idaho inmates say prison officials repeatedly violated a settlement plan in a long-running lawsuit over health care
The commission approved rules to streamline the process for using technology to detect and block contraband phones in prisons and jails across the U.S.
Department of Correctional Services identified the two prisoners who died in Thursday's uprising as Damon Fitzgerald and Michael Galindo
Prison officials said about 40 inmates were involved in the disturbance at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, which was the site of a deadly 2015 riot
"Gary from Chicago" became a social media sensation at the Oscars, but just days before the ceremony his life had been very different