Agents with the U.S. government’s ‘Operation Broken Glass’ have nabbed more than a dozen men for smuggling valuable baby eels to Asia.
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Get a peek into the daily lives of the criminals that once walked the halls Enter various parts of the prison as you explore Alcatraz See what an actual jail cell looked like when Al Capone was there From boredom to entertainment, learn how prisoners used to pass their time ...
his mother, friends, and cellmates giving this memoir an all-round picture of prison life for those behind bars and those they leave behind to go and serve their sentences. Often, due to years of incarceration, for...
only three Category 5 hurricanes to affect the U.S. mainland and resulted in the deaths of 61 people. It also destroyed Homestead Air Force Base. The positives to come out of the disaster wereoverhauls of state building codes, the insurance industry, and the Federal Emergency Management ...
In February 2016, James Burke pleaded guilty to violating Loeb's civil rights and conspiracy to obstruct justice. He was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison.Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images And in February 2016, James Burke pleaded guilty to violating Loeb's civil rights and conspi...
As a single teenage mother who grew up in a highly dysfunctional broken home, author Tressa Mitchener fell in with a bad crowd and turned to drug dealing. She was ultimately arrested and received a 30-year to life federal prison sentence. But thanks to her strong belief in a h...
Prison Conditions & CorruptionAuthorities say northern Indiana inmate hospitalized after fire in his jail cell LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a northern Indiana jail inmate was taken to a hospital after a fire in his cell. The fire at the LaPorte County Jail happened Thursday afternoon. ...
journalists about the raid's planned highlights. if you know nothing else about kim dotcom, about the federal case against him and his former online business, megaupload, you've probably heard about the raid. the story played out like a hollywood blockbuster. and it was a great story. the...
A month later, inmate Edwin Cordero died in a fight that broke out inside the prison. Cordero’s lawyer told The New York Times that his client was “another victim of M.D.C. Brooklyn, an overcrowded, understaffed and neglected federal jail that is hell on earth.” In...