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This former crime reporter uses writing to help people in prison transform their lives
After spending a decade as a crime reporter, CNN Hero Debra Des Vignes created the Indiana Prison Writers Workshop, a ...
Bondi tours Alcatraz as part of Trump's plan to reopen former prison
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took a tour of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Thursday morning as part of President ...
Trump's new Alcatraz prison could cost $2 billion, Axios reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, ...
Timeline: When was Alcatraz closed and is Trump trying to reopen the prison?
Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...
Minnesota, Wisconsin prison inmates training puppies to be assistance dogs
A sign outside the main gate of the Correctional Facility in Faribault warns of security dogs, but a special litter of ...
Hong Kong’s new prison rules may curb lawyer and chaplain visits on national security grounds
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain ...
Prison guard found guilty of hitting N.J. inmate in jail cell attack
The attack left the 61-year-old prisoner unconscious with a perforated eardrum, and fellow officers allegedly ignored his ...
Attorney General Bondi visits Alcatraz as Trump floats idea of reopening the former federal prison
Attorney General Pam Bondi is touring former Alcatraz prison and the surrounding island, as the Trump administration pushes ...
Governor’s ‘close ties’ to Trump weighed by Fort Smith leaders sweating consent decree, thinking about prison
City officials have eyed Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' links to the White House as stepping stones to address Fort Smith's ...
Waynesboro man gets decade in prison for assaulting woman while drunk
A night of of heavy drinking and violence has resulted in a 10-year prison sentence for a Waynesboro man. "I was so drunk, I ...
Man who stabbed teenage tourists at iconic NYC train station gets 26 years in prison
A New York City man who stabbed two teenage tourists from Paraguay at Grand Central Terminal on Christmas Day 2023 was ...