Lindsay Lohan is just fine in prison and even made friends, according to her lawyer. Despite the fact that a lot of media outlets have said that she made a big fuss and annoyed the other inmates, her lawyer says the actress is fine. Her lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, has said that the actress even [...]
On December 31, 2008, a reported 20,606 state prisoners and 1,538 federal prisoners were HIV positive or had confirmed AIDS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced. At yearend 2008, an estimated 5,672 inmates in state and federal prisons had confirmed AIDS, down from 5,762 [...]
Nora R. Dannehy, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and other federal officials announced that Hassan Abu-Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for disclosing [...]
Pew Report Finds States Can Cut Prison Spending, Improve Public Safety By Boosting Support for Community Corrections Explosive growth in the number of people on probation or parole has propelled the population of the American corrections system to more than 7.3 million, or 1 in every 31 U.S. adults, according to a report released today [...]