Prison
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Sheila Aidoo enters Alford plea
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The Washington Post reports that Sheila Aidoo's attorney says Aidoo reached an agreement with prosecutors that will put her in prison for at least 10 years but no more than 20 for the 2009 killings of Seth Aidoo and his girlfriend.
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Adams County prison riot kills one guard, hostages held
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A guard was killed and, at one point, hostages were taken during a riot at a Mississippi prison that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said.
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Lawsuit challenges grooming policy in Virginia prisons
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A Virginia inmate's lawsuit challenging the prison system's grooming policy will get a second look.
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Rod Blagojevich to begin serving prison sentence
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Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will head to prison Thursday to serve time for corruption charges. But before beginning his sentence, he embraced the public spotlight once again, insisting that what he did was legal.
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Leslie Johnson to begin serving prison sentence
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Former Prince George’s County councilwoman Leslie Johnson is scheduled to begin serving her prison sentence Friday.
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Jack Johnson begins serving prison term
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson has begun serving prison time for extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers and accepting assorted gifts
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Free Minds Book Club give books to teens behind bars
A D.C. non-profit is working to give books to teens behind bars.
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Bullets found in bagged meal at western Md. prison
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Staff members at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland found two bullets inside an inmate's bagged meal.
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Commission: Virginia's civil commitment program flawed
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Virginia's process of evaluating sex offenders to be detained for treatment after their prison sentence is over is flawed, meaning some offenders could end up spending years in treatment based on faulty information, commission says.
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U.S. had advance warning of abuse at Afghan prisons, officials say
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The prospect that U.S. officials failed to act on prior warnings raises questions about their compliance with a law that prohibits the U.S. from funding units of foreign security forces when there is credible evidence they have committed human rights abuses.
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Warren Mallow, David Robey charged with assaulting inmate
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Two correctional officers face possible termination after they were charged with assaulting an inmate.
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