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1 hr ago | Philly.com

Justice Dept.: High rate of sex assaults in Philly jails

Inmates at the Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia. The jail has one of the highest rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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5 hrs ago | WHIO

Former lawyer says OJ Simpson knew about guns

O.J. Simpson sits during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Las Vegas.

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10 hrs ago | Star News Group

Man arrested, charged with murder of Point Pleasant resident

A Manchester Township man was charged with the robbery and felony murder of a Point Pleasant man found in the backyard of a Long Branch home, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Friday.

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14 hrs ago | NJ.com

Allentown man going to state prison for shooting neighbor

An Allentown man could spend up to 15 years in state prison for shooting and wounding his neighbor three times during an argument related to a marijuana deal last year.

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18 hrs ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Mont. man in custody after release in 1979 slaying

The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate entered what could be its final stage this week, when the Montana Supreme Court ordered him back to prison and took away his brief taste of normal life.

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22 hrs ago | The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Pleas & Sentences

David M. Austin Jr., 27, of 5548 Webster Road, Brocton, was sentenced to 3 years in state prison with five years post-release supervision for second-degree burglary.

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Related Topix: Brocton, NY, Prison, Dunkirk, NY, Jamestown, NY

Thu May 16, 2013

Denver Post

Study: Denver women's prison has highest rate of reported staff sex assaults in nation

More than one of every 10 women at the Denver Women's Correctional Facility claim staff members sexually assaulted them, according to a national study.

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KTEN-TV Denison

Teary testimony from victim's family in Arias case

The White House's release of nearly 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans demanding more... President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Granbury, TX, Prison, Lottery

KIMA

Prison treatment program for Idaho monkey killer

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Ada County, ID

WKYC-TV Cleveland

Idaho man gets prison time for killing zoo monkey

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo and brutally beating to death a Patas monkey will spend up to a year in state prison, where he'll take part in a treatment program.

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WATE-TV Knoxville

Danish teenager makes rare Viking find

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo and brutally beating to death a Patas monkey will spend up to a year in state prison, where he'll take part in a treatment program.

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The Advertiser Democrat

Inmates to restore Otisfield's first firetruck

Otisfield's first firetruck, a 1938 Chevrolet, 500-gallon pumper, shown here, is slated to be restored by pre-release prisoners at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren.

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WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Ivy Tech dedicates new Batesville facility

As the weather finally warms up, you are probably seeing more and more kids on bikes, and ATVs.

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Patch.com

More Details on the Capture of Escaped Prisoner in Concord

Though he's been caught after a manhunt across Concord, it remains a mystery this evening why Freddie Deya fled from his minimum security work release Tuesday morning in Concord Center .

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Related Topix: Concord, MA, Northeastern Correctional Center, Prison

Wed May 15, 2013

Naperville Sun

Inmate faces 20 years in plot to kill DuPage judge, prosecutor

A prison inmate faces an additional 20 years in prison after a DuPage County jury found him guilty Tuesday of trying to have two county officials killed.

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Related Topix: Prison, Centralia Correctional Center

KOLN-TV Lincoln

Two Beatrice Men Face Felony Charges for Sexual Assault of a Child

It all started at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in April. Since then, a number of sexual assault victims have come forward; all of them pointing the finger at two Beatrice men.

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Related Topix: Prison, Nebraska State Penitentiary, Beatrice, NE, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Gage County, NE

Alabama Live

Trials scheduled for Alabama prison employees accused in beating death of inmate

MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- A federal judge has set trials in June and July for two former state prison employees accused in the beating death of an inmate.

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Daily Camera

Colorado corrections alerting judges of hundreds of sentencing flaws

A guard walks through the gates during a tour of the Centennial South Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City in 2012.

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KHQ-TV Spokane

Jury Deliberating In Washington State Prison Guard Slaying

A jury has begun deliberating whether to impose the death penalty on a Washington prison inmate who strangled a guard.

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KTVU Oakland

7 year sentence for fatal stabbing in 2011 road rage incident

A Livermore software engineer was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in state prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction for the stabbing death of another man in a road rage incident in Livermore two years ago.

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