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Inmate Uses 'Festivus' to Score Better Meals

Argues 'religion' means he needs a kosher diet

(Newser) - Here’s a Festivus miracle for you: An inmate in an Orange County Jail managed to get better food for months by saying he needed it to adhere to the “religion” of Festivus. Malcolm Alarmo King is a health nut, the Orange County Register explains, who didn’t want...

Stopping Suicide No Publicity Stunt: T.I.

Rapper slams claims he was trying to look good ahead of court date

(Newser) - After T.I. talked a man threatening suicide out of jumping from a downtown Atlanta building, some are calling the move a publicity stunt—but that couldn’t be further from the truth, the rapper tells CNN . The video he made, which police played to the man and is credited...

Brit Prisoners May Work to Compensate Victims

Justice chief wants to replace 'enforced idleness' with full-time work

(Newser) - Britain's justice secretary is looking for jobs—and a massive pay raise—for the country's 85,000 prison inmates. Ken Clarke wants companies to outsource work to the nation's prisons, and to pay inmates the national minimum wage of $9.39 an hour instead of the current maximum prison wage...

Convicted of DWI, CEO Runs Company From Jail

Sixty-day sentence makes him first of publicly traded firm

(Newser) - First he drank. Then he drove. Then he was thrown in jail. Finally, Louis Lower, the 65-year-old CEO of Horace Mann Educators Corp., a publicly traded insurance company, decided to tell his board of directors that he would be unavailable for 60 days while he served his sentence in a...

San Francisco Jail Gets Condom Dispensers

Sheriff says inmates' health trumps controversy

(Newser) - Technically speaking, sex between inmates is illegal at the San Francisco County Jail's San Bruno facility. But that hasn't stopped the sheriff from installing 16 condom machines as part of a safe-sex program, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "It may be controversial," he says, "but I think...

Cops: Yep, Paris Got Special Treatment

But only to avoid 'disruptions' at jail

(Newser) - You better believe Paris Hilton got special treatment after she was arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession. "Yeah, she was treated differently so I don't have a disruption of my process here at the county jail," says the jailer who rushed Hilton through the booking process in three...

Controversial Crowd Control Weapon Tested in Calif. Jail

(Newser) - The first round of tests of a controversial crowd control energy weapon are set to begin at a Los Angeles County jail. The 7 1/2-foot-tall “Assault Intervention Device,” installed in a unit housing about 65 inmates, is controlled by a joystick and computer monitor and emits a CD-sized...

Owner Gets Jail for Vicious Attack on Dog

Sobbing teen barred from owning pets

(Newser) - A sobbing British dog owner was sentenced to 8 weeks in jail for repeatedly kicking his friendly Staffordshire bull terrier puppy when the dog refused to be goaded into biting one of the teen's pals. The vicious attack was caught on public CCTV surveillance film, reports the Sun . On the...

On Eve of Reporting to Jail, LiLo's a 'Mess'

Actress begins 90-day sentence tomorrow

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan starts her 90-day sentence for a probation violation tomorrow, and the Tinseltown trainwreck is a "nervous, fidgety mess," a source tells People . "All weekend, Lindsay kept crying, chain smoking and chewing her nails." Another alleged friend says, "She's been picturing herself in jail...

LiLo 'Scared to Death': Mom

Actress 'blindsided' by 90-day jail sentence, Dina Lohan says

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan was "completely blindsided" when a California judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail for violating her probation, and the troubled actress is "scared to death," her mother tells Entertainment Tonight . "It's very difficult, we're not sleeping well, we're not functioning," Dina Lohan...

Van der Sloot: Ladies Want to Marry Me
 Van der Sloot: 
 Ladies Want 
 to Marry Me 



MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS
Jun 22, 2010 5:46 AM CDT

Van der Sloot: Ladies Want to Marry Me

Joran opens up, again, to Dutch newspaper

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot is charged in the murder of one woman and suspected in the disappearance of another—but for some reason, the single ladies can't get enough of him. He's being inundated with letters proposing marriage, or so he tells Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, the AP reports. “...

Welcome to Joran Van der Sloot's Prison Cell

Accused murderer gets hooks to hang his clothes, but the toilet is gross

(Newser) - CNN sent In Session reporter Jean Casarez to get an inside look at Peru’s Castro Castro, the maximum security prison where Joran Van der Sloot is being held. Casarez walks us through the recreational area, the kitchen (meal of the day: fried chicken nuggets), and of course Van der...

Con Packed a Lot of Junk in His Trunk

Guards amazed by size of Washington inmate's rectal stash

(Newser) - A Washington state man turned his rectum into an Aladdin's Cave of contraband in preparation for a 3-day stay in prison, police say. The man managed to smuggle in a lighter, rolling papers, a baggie of tobacco, a bottle of tattoo ink, eight tattoo needles, a one-inch-long smoking pipe and...

Sheen Will Serve 30 Days in Jail
 Charlie Sheen Headed to Jail 
Jun 1, 2010 10:36 AM CDT

Charlie Sheen Headed to Jail

Plea deal will get actor out in time to film sitcom

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen will reportedly go to jail after a plea bargain reducing a felony charge stemming from his Christmas Day brouhaha with wife Brooke Mueller to a misdemeanor. "Charlie intends to go to court on June 7, plead to a misdemeanor, and immediately begin serving his 30 days,"...

How to Curb Prison Rape
 How to Curb Prison Rape 
opinion
May 15, 2010 9:38 AM CDT

How to Curb Prison Rape

Prisoners should be separated into weight classes

(Newser) - Bryan Caplan has what he thinks is an easy way to cut down on rape and brutality in prison: separate inmates by something akin to weight class. We already do so by gender and, to a lesser extent, by severity of crime, "but there's still a long way to...

Inside OJ's Gay Prison Posse
 Inside OJ's Gay Prison Posse 
they give him massages
Mar 25, 2010 10:24 AM CDT

Inside OJ's Gay Prison Posse

Simpson is still king as far as some inmates are concerned

(Newser) - The National Enquirer has outdone itself with its story on OJ Simpson and his band of gay inmate buddies. Highlights from the article:
  • Most disturbing detail: OJ—who is “still a somebody” inside the prison walls, says a former fellow inmate—gets massages from gay inmates known as “
...

Shoplifters Brag on Dr. Phil, Go to Jail

Matthew and Nora Eaton probably should have seen this coming

(Newser) - A California couple is probably having second thoughts about discussing their shoplifting habit with Dr. Phil now that they’re going to jail. Matthew and Nora Eaton went on his TV show—ostensibly for help with their shoplifting addiction—in Nov. 2008, and revealed that they made money by selling...

7 Ways to Get Jailed (or Killed) While Traveling

Forget your ID in Japan, and end up in the pokey

(Newser) - An African safari is likely to be a bit more exciting than a day at Disney Land, but there comes a point where enough is enough. Turner Wright, writing in Vagabondish , runs down seven travel ideas that'll get you killed—or at least some quality time in the local clink:...

Yoga Levitates Indians Out of Jail Early

Inmates offered chance to cut time with yoga courses

(Newser) - Inmates in central India are being offered a chance to get out of jail early via the lotus position. Prison officials in Madhra Pradesh have introduced yoga courses and are offering prisoners 36 days off their sentence for every 3-month yoga course they complete. Authorities hope the exercise and meditation...

Amanda Knox: 'I Am Scared'
 Amanda Knox: 
 'I Am Scared' 
Dec 13, 2009 12:35 PM CST

Amanda Knox: 'I Am Scared'

In jailhouse interview, American says she remains hopeful

(Newser) - Amanda Knox is scared but hopeful 8 days after an Italian court sentenced her to 26 years in prison for the murder of her British roommate."I am scared because I don't know what is going on," the 22-year-old American said during a 10-minute visit to her 97-square-foot...

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