Eastern State Penitentiary is hosting ‘Prison Food Weekend’
The Eastern State Penitentiary will this summer host a “Prison Food Weekend” featuring recreated inmate dishes, both new and historic.
Daughter of Cleveland abduction suspect Ariel Castro slashed her baby’s throat
The daughter of Ariel Castro, the chief suspect in the Cleveland abduction of three women freed on Monday, is serving time in an Indiana prison for attempted murder after she slashed her baby’s throat four times with a knife, court documents show.
Former prisoners and staffers will meet at Eastern State Penitentiary
In 1971, the last inmate left his cell and the last officer took his rounds at Eastern State Penitentiary, before [...]
Yemeni man describes Gitmo force feeding in New York Times op-ed
A Yemeni man gives a dramatic account of Gitmo force feedings and the conditions in the detention center in a New York Times op-ed.
Death penalties spread as elite nations return to capital punishment
Executions increased last year, resumed in several countries, and were used for lighter offences, according to Amnesty International’s ‘Death Penalty in 2012’ report.
13th DUI gets Yardley man up to 10 years in prison
A Yardley man was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison after being convicted of drunken driving for a [...]
Man walks free after wrongful murder conviction 23 years ago
A man was released from prison Thursday after he was wrongfully convicted of killing a Brooklyn rabbi more than 20 [...]
Cop killer Lamont Pride gets 45 years to life
The man who shot and killed a police officer during a robbery in December was sentenced to 45 years to [...]
Success for U.K.’s ‘Naked Rambler’ Stephen Gough
Curled up in a tent off an English country road in a snowstorm, Stephen Gough is feeling optimistic. ‘The Naked [...]