MONTICELLO, MISS. — A Mississippi man jailed for shooting a cop he believed was a home invader was released after spending the last 10 years in prison. Cory Maye, 30, celebrated his release with friends, family and the lawyers who defended him during his case. Maye, who was arrested in 2001 for the shooting, plead […]

NEW YORK — Rikers island jailers let $130, 816 worth of odious meat rot into a mess that let one boss think it was still good enough to feed inmates. The 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat was discovered on July 11 after smells seeped from two freezer-trailers and caught the attention of a correction captain. […]

NEW YORK — Frank DeTucci, a 70-year-old prison chaplain at the Queensboro Correctional Facility has admitted to paying an inmate to let him perform oral sex on him. The New York Daily News reports: When questioned, DeTucci admitted that on July 5 he paid the same inmate $120 and $150 on two separate occasions to […]

MONTICELLO, Miss. — Cory Maye, a prisoner who was sentenced to death then life in prison for killing a police officer that he believed was a home invader, will be released from prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The Huffington Post reports: Shortly after midnight on December 26, 2001, Maye, then 21, was drifting off […]

NORTH CAROLINA — According a new study by the College Board’s Advocacy & Policy Center, young Black and Hispanic men are heading down a socially downward spiral. The study found that 51 percent of Hispanic males and 45 percent of African American males ages 15-24 will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead. ABC News Channel […]

Washington — Many juvenile killers are stuck in life for prison for the murder they have committed. But is it right to keep a juvenile in jail for the rest of his life, and not give him or her a chance at redemption? The debate is one that many are passionate about on both sides […]

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man convicted of killing seven women over a 21-year period was sentenced to life in prison Thursday with no chance of parole.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi corrections officials said a new inmate phone block system has worked so well at the Parchman penitentiary that it will be expanded it to other state prisons.

A new study details how African American boys are suspended at double and triple the rates of their white male peers. English language learners who, for years, remain in separate classes, are falling behind their peers and scoring poorly on standardized tests. Disabled students and those with illnesses are also discriminated against because of their […]

The wife of Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) reported to a federal prison in West Virginia on Friday the 10th to begin a 37-month sentence on corruption charges.