Transgender inmate freed before federal hearing on surgery
The prisoner, seeking to have California pay for her sex reassignment surgery, was allowed parole last week
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Inmate pleads guilty to raping Ariz. prison teacher
Jacob Harvey admitted to the January 2014 attack in a classroom at the state prison in Eyman, Ariz.
Prison bus with 50 inmates hits semi-truck in Arizona
Officials say there are several injures to both prisoners and the bus driver; semi-truck had rolled over on the interstate in the middle of the night
A final Madoff defendant gets prison time
77-year-old Irwin Lipkin, who pleaded guilty but was trying to avoid incarceration, will serve a six-month sentence
Suicide in U.S. jails spikes
A new Bureau of Justice statistics report examined 4,446 inmate deaths that occurred in 2013
Report: Inmate deaths on the rise
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics says deaths in state prisons and local jails increased for the third straight year in 2013
Drone drops drugs in Ohio prison yard, sparking inmate fight
Drone allegedly dropped a quarter of an ounce of heroin, over 2 ounces of marijuana and more than 5 ounces of tobacco
Survey: Transgender inmates more likely to be victims of sexual assault
"I was laughed at, ridiculed, and even the butt of many officer's jokes," said one transgender inmate
Ex-prison guard forced women to have sex with him
Investigators say that Edgar Daniel Johnson, formerly a high ranking prison guard, preyed on inmates at a Georgia women's prison
Australia jails U.S. clergyman for abusing girls
Brother Bernard Hartman, 75, suspected of abusing kids in Pennsylvania, jailed for molesting young girls in Melbourne
Boston Marathon bomber moved to highest-security prison in country
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced to death last month, will eventually be moved to a prison in Indiana where he will await his execution
"El Chapo" had 18-minute head start in prison break, lawmakers say
Drug lord Joaquin Guzman had already disappeared into an underground tunnel before anyone knew he was gone
Obama gets personal during prison visit
The president became the first occupant of the Oval Office to visit a prison
Texas inmate fatally beats corrections officer
The state corrections department says inmate, serving life, got hold of an iron bar and used it in the attack
Obama lays out steps for criminal justice reform
"We can't close our eyes anymore" to problems with the criminal justice system, president says at NAACP conference
Obama, GOP Congress share a moment in sync on criminal justice reform
The president and Congress are both driving discussion this week on a major issue, but will the harmony last long enough for real reforms to pass?
DEA knew "El Chapo" had escape plans, warned Mexico
The notorious cartel chief's escape from a maximum security prison has raised a lot of questions about possible collusion by Mexican authorities
"El Chapo" tunnels his way out of prison in Mexico
Notorious Sinaloa cartel chief "Shorty" -- estimated to be worth $1 billion due to vast trafficking network -- has yet again slipped the clutches of officials
After prison riot, inmate found sawed nearly in two
Dead convict's body found stuffed into a garbage can with most of his internal organs removed after violence at Northern California prison
Obama to visit federal prison
His trip to El Reno prison in Oklahoma next week will make Obama the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison
Israeli man gets 14 months for stealing Madonna's songs
An aspiring singer who auditioned for Israel's top TV song competition was convicted of stealing and selling unreleased tracks
Lawsuit: Immigrants paid $1 a day for janitorial work at private prison
Immigrants awaiting deportation proceedings at Colorado facility allege they sometimes worked under threat of solitary confinement
Escaped N. Carolina convict back in custody
Convicted murderer Kristopher McNeil allegedly had help from an insider busting out of prison, but he wasn't free for long
Illicit drugs "rampant" in California state prisons
Calif. inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly triple the national rate, despite new measures
Prison for bank robber who stopped for bite to eat
Pennsylvania man sought in heist got caught eating biscuits at a restaurant booth
Terminal in Riyadh airport hit again, a day after deadly strike killed 12
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine "energy ceasefire" after criticizing Zelenskyy
Steve Bannon on the GOP and the midterms: "We can't afford to lose"
Thousands still without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves north
Pope Leo to undergo surgery after nodular lesion found in lung, Vatican says
Democrat Chris Pappas says "we're taking nothing for granted" in N.H. race
Christa Pike released from hospital following botched execution, lawyers say
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