Read more prisoner stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25281/prisoner.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:45:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69263/obama-to-let-bagram-prisoners-challenge-detention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House plans to give some 600 detainees at a US-run prison in Kabul greater power to dispute their custody, the New York Times reports. After an expected rubber stamp from Congress, the Obama administration will send representatives to Bagram Air Base to amass evidence and witnesses for detainees....http://www.newser.com/story/69263/obama-to-let-bagram-prisoners-challenge-detention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 20:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65051/record-10-of-us-convicts-serving-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost 10% of prisoners incarcerated in the US are serving life sentences, an all-time high, the New York Times reports. In California, which maintains the nation’s highest prison population, that number is 20%, says a report from the Sentencing Project, a group that wants to eliminate life-without-parole sentences. Two-thirds of...http://www.newser.com/story/65051/record-10-of-us-convicts-serving-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 17:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64249/2-killers-rapist-escape-indiana-state-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree inmates, facing a total of at least 120 more years behind bars, escaped a maximum-security prison in Indiana yesterday, apparently through underground tunnels and pipes. The men, two convicted murderers and a rapist, were considered dangerous, and prison officials used a telephone notification system to send alerts to nearby...http://www.newser.com/story/64249/2-killers-rapist-escape-indiana-state-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 8:15:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64119/obama-books-banned-for-jailed-terrorist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrison officials refused to let an al-Qaeda terrorist serving 30 years in Supermax, a prison in Colorado, read Barack Obama's books, the Daily Telegraph reports. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, an American citizen convicted of conspiring to, among other things, assassinate then–President George W. Bush, was told that the books contained...http://www.newser.com/story/64119/obama-books-banned-for-jailed-terrorist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 8:04:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63373/video-prison-visits-bring-inmates-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFamilies can visit incarcerated relatives from the comfort of their living rooms through a first-of-its-kind program in Indiana, the AP reports. Visitors on the approved list are allowed to schedule video conferences with inmates from anywhere they choose. Prisoners use ATM-like machines set up and paid for by a private...http://www.newser.com/story/63373/video-prison-visits-bring-inmates-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 8:59:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62724/afghan-detainees-allege-abuse-at-us-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany Afghans once detained by the US military at Bagram air base, north of Kabul, say they were treated similarly to abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, the BBC reports. “They did things that you would not do against animals let alone to humans,” a former detainee said, including...http://www.newser.com/story/62724/afghan-detainees-allege-abuse-at-us-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 13:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62399/nyt-reporter-escapes-taliban-after-7-months.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA reporter for the New York Times held by the Taliban for 7 months in the tribal regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan has escaped, the paper says. The Times kept David Rohde’s abduction secret out of concern for his safety and had been in sporadic contact with him and his...http://www.newser.com/story/62399/nyt-reporter-escapes-taliban-after-7-months.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 11:58:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61686/lavish-bar-prison-bar-mitzvah-leaves-mayor-fuming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmbarrassed New York City officials are investigating how a well-connected inmate was allowed to hold a bar mitzvah for his son inside a prison gym, the New York Post reports. Caterers, entertainers, and 60 guests were allowed into the jail to celebrate the milestone for the son of convicted scam...http://www.newser.com/story/61686/lavish-bar-prison-bar-mitzvah-leaves-mayor-fuming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 5:54:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61353/heartsick-journo-families-plead-for-mercy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe "shocked and devastated" families of two San Francisco journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea have pleaded with authorities to show compassion and free the women from a grueling future behind bars. The families are concerned about the "wellbeing and mental state" of Euna Lee and...http://www.newser.com/story/61353/heartsick-journo-families-plead-for-mercy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 2:32:21 CDT