PRISON SENTENCE

CRIME
How Junk Science Sent Claude Garrett to Prison For Life
JUST BEFORE DAWN, on the unseasonably warm morning of February 24, 1992, a small house caught fire in Old Hickory, Tennessee
POLITICS
I'm Serving Life Without Parole For A Non-Violent Drug Charge
By Euka Wadlington, Contributor
Inmate, Federal Correctional Institution, Greenville, Illinois
Despite the lack of any reasonable hope of release, I am demonstrating my commitment to becoming a better productive member of society in whatever way I can.
POLITICS
Instead of "One Size Fits All" Justice That Hurts Communities, Let's Get Smart on Crime
By Kamala D. Harris, Contributor
California Attorney General; Author, 'Smart on Crime'
I firmly believe there must be swift and certain consequences for all crime, but I also believe that the way our system deals with low-level, nonviolent and non-serious offenders wastes resources needed to fight more serious crime.
VIDEOS
GOP Accuses Census Bureau Of Trying To 'Hide The Effects Of Obamacare'
(AP) — President Barack Obama used the unique power of the nation's highest office Tuesday to correct a typo.
MARLO THOMAS
How To Survive The Tough Times, From Martha Stewart (VIDEO)
By Danielle Page
CRIME
Ariel Castro's 1,000 Year Sentence Isn't the Longest Sentence on Record
By Adam Banner, Contributor
Criminal Defense Attorney
Life without parole plus 1,000 years. That is certainly making a statement. However, it is far from the longest sentence ever meted out to a criminal convicted of an especially heinous crime.
VIDEOS
Jesse Jackson Jr. Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison
Howard Fineman joins Josh to discuss Jesse Jackson Jr.'s prison sentence.
VIDEOS
The Injustice Of Youth Being Charged As Adults
Xavier McElrath-Bey joins Ahmed to discuss the injustice of youth being charged as adults.
CRIME
The Death Penalty, Life Imprisonment, and Other Punitive Measures: What's the Point?
By Marianne Mollmann, Contributor
Senior Researcher, Physicians for Human Rights
Unfortunately, rehabilitation (the adult word for "learning a lesson") is often not at the heart of criminal justice reform. In fact, the harshness of a punishment is frequently not determined by the possibility of recidivism, but rather by public opinion.
BUSINESS
Stephen Espalin Claims He Threatened To Kill Obama To Get Medical Care
By Caroline Fairchild
Most recently, Frank J. Morrocco claimed he intentionally shoplifted so that he could go to prison and receive expensive
IMPACT
Dr. Phil Airs Sara Kruzan Human Trafficking Story - Oct 17
By Susan L. Travis, PhD, Contributor
Currently an adjunct professor and Airbnb superhost.
Little Sara Kruzan killed her trafficker when she was 16 years old. Sara's aunt, Anne Catherine Rogan, speaks eloquently of her niece, now 34 years old.
TV & FILM
'Teen Mom': In Rehab, Amber Portwood Fears Her Daughter Won't Recognize Her (VIDEO)
While the next chapter of their sad story is already known, Amber Portwood and her daughter Leah did share a touching moment
CRIME
Matthew Kluger Sentenced To Record 12 Years In Prison For Insider Trading
By Reuters, Reuters
The three men used merger secrets gathered by Kluger while he worked as a corporate attorney for prominent law firms, including
DENVER
If You Build it, They Won't Come
By Joel Judd, Contributor
Recovering legislator
CSP II, Colorado's newest solitary confinement prison, cost several hundred million dollars. We've used a small part for one year and are about to mothball it. It will likely never again be used for any purpose.
POLITICS
Sentencing Disparity On Its Way Out -- And It's About Time
By Rev. Al Sharpton, Contributor
President and Founder, National Action Network
Somewhere in a U.S. prison today, a young Black man sits behind bars counting down the days till he sees freedom. He has become hardened and likely more dangerous while his White cellmate was released years prior for virtually the same crime.
ENTERTAINMENT
What Happens to Cameron Douglas?
By Michael Santos, Contributor
Podcaster / Speaker / Prison Consultant
Of the five years Douglas will serve in the prison system, the next few months will be the worst. The most difficult aspect of entanglements with the criminal justice system is the unknown.
ENTERTAINMENT
Miley Cyrus Reveals New "LOVE" Tattoo in Her Right Ear
By Andy Pemberton, Contributor
Editor in chief of new music website Musictoob.com
Wild child Miley Cyrus has added yet another tattoo to her collection.
WELLNESS
Today We All Stand Before Leonard Peltier's Parole Board
By Harvey Wasserman, Contributor
Author, 'SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth'
Meditate, pray, march, dance, sing, shout, laugh, cry....do whatever you can to help move this man out of his jail cell and into the open air after 33 hellish years.
ENTERTAINMENT
Responsibility Is A Lifestyle: It's Time to Bury Da Beef
By T.I., Contributor
Grammy Award-winning rapper
In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Before I go to prison, I want to speak to young people about responsibility as a lifestyle.
POLITICS
Governor Paterson's Holiday Rescue Mission
By Anthony Papa, Contributor
Manager of Media & Artist Relations, Drug Policy Alliance
For many of those who have fallen through the cracks of Rockefeller Drug Law reform, their only hope to regain their freedom is through the act of executive clemency.