Category: prison

Murderer Russell Causley Is 1st Prisoner to Face UK Parole Hearing in Public

A convicted murderer who has spent 24 years in prison but has never revealed where he disposed of his victim, has faced Britain’s first ever public parole board hearing. Russell Causley, 79, was given a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Carole Packman, who vanished from their home in Bournemouth, Dorset, in 1985….


California to Close 2 Prisons and Deactivate 6 Other Facilities

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Dec. 6 it will close prisons in Riverside and Kern counties and disband facilities at six other locations due to ongoing state budget cuts and an initiative to reduce inmate population across the state. Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, about 100 miles east of Palm Desert,…


Iran Officials Sentence 5 to Death for Killing Basij Troop

CAIRO—Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received prison sentences. The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing Ruhollah Ajamian, a member of the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran’s…


The Wrong Road (1937)

A young married couple (Cromwell and Mack), whose plans for their life together haven’t turned out as expected, decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get…


Prison Program in Illinois Offers Free College Education for Inmates

A new policy introduced by the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Justice Project (ILJP) focuses on post-secondary education for the incarcerated. The program outlines how prisons in the state of Illinois will emphasize accredited education programs and highlight available educational options for inmates. According to ILJP Director Ahmadou Dramé, this new policy will…


Why It Pays to Invest in Prison Education

Commentary Nearly 75 percent of individuals incarcerated in state prisons do not have a high school diploma. Only about 15 percent of incarcerated adults have a postsecondary degree, compared to about 45 percent of the general public. Most prisons offer some form of GED certificate or adult basic education courses, but that is simply not sufficient to ensure…


US Embassy Officials Visit Brittney Griner in Russia Prison

WASHINGTON—Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, more than a week after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a tweet that the American representatives “saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance despite her present…


Former Chiefs Assistant Coach Reid Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison for driving drunk, speeding, and hitting two parked cars last year, leaving a 5-year-old girl with a serious brain injury. Reid pleaded guilty in September to driving while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury. The charge carries…


Men Wrongly Convicted in Malcolm X Slaying Reach Settlement With New York City, State

A man exonerated last year in the 1965 slaying of black activist Malcolm X and the estate of a second man cleared posthumously reached a settlement totaling $36 million with New York City and state, their attorney said on Sunday. Muhammad Aziz, 84, had sought $40 million after serving about two decades in prison and…


Murder Suspect Found Hanged in UK Prison Told Sister He Was ‘Innocent,’ Inquest Told

LONDON—An inquest into the death of a murder suspect who was found hanged in London’s Belmarsh prison while on remand has heard from his sister how he had phoned her after his arrest and told her he was “innocent” and would clear his name. Liridon Saliuka, 29, was found hanged in his cell at Belmarsh…