LEADERS SEEK TO AVOID EARLY CALIF. INMATE RELEASES
By DON THOMPSON FILE — In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, inmates workout in the exercise yard of Housing Unit B at California State Prison, Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif.…
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EX PRISON GUARD CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE
By ALISON MUTLER FILE This is a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo of retired Lt. Col. Alexandru Visinescu, 87, as he looks at journalists outside his home in Bucharest.…
DEMOCRATS SPAR OVER DELAYING CALIF. PRISON ORDER
By DON THOMPSON State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, foreground, disusses the cost of Senate Democrats’ proposal to reduce prison crowding compared to one proposed by the Governor,…
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR PROPOSES $315M PRISON FIX
By DON THOMPSON Gov. Jerry Brown, center, discusses a proposal to reduce California’s prison population, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. In response to…
DEATH TOLL IN BOLIVIA PRISON CLASH RISES TO 31
Associated Press A woman who has a family member inside the Palmasola jail, behind, reads a newspaper with the front page covered with the story of yesterday’s deadly riot with…
GOVERNMENT: PRISON MELEE LEAVES 30 DEAD IN BOLIVIA
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire,…
POLICE: AT LEAST 15 DIE IN BOLIVIA PRISON MELEE
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives and members of the press surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were…
EGYPT’S MUBARAK MAY BE RELEASED; 25 POLICE KILLED
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE — In this Saturday, April 13, 2013 file photo, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from behind bars as he attends a hearing…