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BURBANK, CA—San Quentin State Prison warden Ron Ditmeier wowed Monday's Tonight Show audience by displaying some of his favorite inmates. "Rufus here is what we call a Throat-Slashing Double-Lifer," Ditmeier said while showing off an inmate to host Jay Leno. "These distinctive markings...

The Death Penalty is Never Justifiable Little Known Death Penalty Facts Since the early beginnings of the criminal justice system, the death penalty has had its place as a form of punishment for heinous criminals. It was wrong 100 years ago, it is wrong today, and it always will be. So why do 75% of...

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My daughter is in prison for the second time. I had stood by her until now. She has been in and out of jail several times in her adult life. She is a drug user, and has been in and out of therapy several times. This last time I found out she stole from me when she came to visit, saying she had no where...

Lock the door, throw away the key A mother grapples with the hidden heartbreak of California’s ‘three-strikes’ law By Rhonda Erwin More stories by this author... Ramona Rivera’s son, Robert, has spent many days in rooms like this. “If I didn’t know God, I couldn’t be alive,” Ramona Rivera. “I couldn...

I am writing as a representative of "Tea Party 2008", a grassroots organization which is determined to make the concerns of those with loved ones in prison heard. In protest of the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world, we have decided to hold a modern day "Boston...

where can i get information on college education for my son while he is in prison?

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Mailing a Letter Will Cost a Penny More Starting in May WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mailing a letter will soon cost a penny more. The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday. The price of the Forever stamp will go up at the same time, meaning those...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- Softball, drunken orgies and a prison system run like the mafia. That's what Florida's former prison secretary says he inherited when he took over one of the nation's largest prison systems two years ago. In fact, on his first day on the job, James McDonough...