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Elon Musk glares at someone
Politics

Elon Musk’s DOGE is reportedly targeting the Census Bureau next. One expert says it’s likely to eliminate its survey about prison inmates

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
May 23, 2025
Trump says government will reopen Alcatraz prison to ‘house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’
Politics

Trump says government will reopen Alcatraz prison to ‘house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’

By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
May 5, 2025
German woman held for 45 days—including over a week in solitary—after returning from Tijuana visit as U.S. border agents detain spate of European and Canadian tourists
Politics

German woman held for 45 days—including over a week in solitary—after returning from Tijuana visit as U.S. border agents detain spate of European and Canadian tourists

By Julie Watson and The Associated Press
March 21, 2025
Former Sen. Brian Kelsey walks behind a man wearing sunglasses
Politics

Brian Kelsey says Trump pardoned him two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme he pleaded guilty to

By Jonathan Mattise and The Associated Press
March 12, 2025
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes yells into a microphone
Politics

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio have both been pardoned by Trump and released from prison

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January 21, 2025
Military contractor known as ‘Fat Leonard’, who masterminded decade-long U.S. Navy bribery scheme, sentenced to 15 years
Finance

Military contractor known as ‘Fat Leonard’, who masterminded decade-long U.S. Navy bribery scheme, sentenced to 15 years

By
November 6, 2024
Diddy wearing a pair of sunglasses
Lifestyle

The jail where Diddy and Sam Bankman-Fried reside is now the target of a federal clean-up operation because it’s so dangerous there

By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
October 28, 2024
‘Punched, kicked, grabbed, and brushed up against’—nurse’s husband sues employer after she was strangled while working
Health

‘Punched, kicked, grabbed, and brushed up against’—nurse’s husband sues employer after she was strangled while working

By Dave Collins and The Associated Press
May 6, 2024
Two manufacturing employees discuss fixing an issue.
Newsletters

Second chance strategy: A company that hires formerly incarcerated people has seen some huge upsides

By
April 11, 2024
The U.S. Capitol is shown June 5, 2003 in Washington, DC.
Finance

Ex-Congressman who led Clinton’s impeachment trial is sentenced to 2 years in jail for insider trading: ‘He abused positions of trust’

By
September 20, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say push to jail him to stop him ‘tampering’ with FTX trial witnesses is based on ‘innuendo, speculation, and scant facts’
Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say push to jail him to stop him ‘tampering’ with FTX trial witnesses is based on ‘innuendo, speculation, and scant facts’

By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
August 2, 2023
Jails
Politics

How America got addicted to prisons and jails, from the former prosecutor who wrote ‘Mass Incarceration Nation’

By
March 3, 2023
New Trial Against Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Starts
International

Putin’s biggest political rival reacts to 9-year jail sentence with his favorite quote from ‘The Wire’

By
March 22, 2022
Coronavirus is hitting prisons and jails hard—1 in 5 inmates has had COVID, and 1,700 have died
Health

Coronavirus is hitting prisons and jails hard—1 in 5 inmates has had COVID, and 1,700 have died

By
December 18, 2020
Jury Deliberations Continue In Martin Shkreli Securities Fraud Trial
Tech

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Heads to Jail For Placing Bounty on Hillary Clinton’s Hair

By
September 13, 2017

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