Read more prison stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/794/prison.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:45:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74632/strapped-prison-to-inmates-theres-no-free-lunch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndiana criminals can no longer count on getting three square meals a day in prison; one cash-strapped lockup has cut lunches on weekends. Prisoners at Plainfield Correctional Facility now get two meals a day on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays: a “brunch” at 6am, and dinner at 4pm. The program could...http://www.newser.com/story/74632/strapped-prison-to-inmates-theres-no-free-lunch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 10:36:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74480/russia-blocks-autopsy-on-jailed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFriends of an anti-corruption lawyer who died in a Moscow prison this week accuse the government of denying him medical care and say authorities have refused to release his body for an independent autopsy. Sergei Magnitsky, 37, died after spending almost a year in jail in squalid conditions awaiting trial...http://www.newser.com/story/74480/russia-blocks-autopsy-on-jailed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 4:54:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73994/republicans-decry-decision-to-try-911-planner-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublican leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. John Boehner called the plan to try the confessed planner of the 9/11 attacks in New York "irresponsible” and accused AG Eric Holder of "reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality." Said the House...http://www.newser.com/story/73994/republicans-decry-decision-to-try-911-planner-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:15:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73562/teens-sentenced-to-life-cruel-and-unusual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he had thrown his life away....http://www.newser.com/story/73562/teens-sentenced-to-life-cruel-and-unusual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 11:05:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73156/white-guy-runs-maine-chapter-of-naacp.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe president of the NAACP doesn’t often go to Maine, the whitest state in the country. But recently Todd Jealous took the Washington Post to a state prison there, to meet his new favorite chapter—one comprised almost entirely of white convicts. It’s run by Billy Flynn, who’s doing 28-to-life...http://www.newser.com/story/73156/white-guy-runs-maine-chapter-of-naacp.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 9:18:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72719/lifer-seeks-better-life-on-death-row.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiving on death row looks like a better deal than dying as a lifer, convicted killer Billy Joe Johnson told a California jury yesterday. "You get out of your confined cell a little more," said Johnson, whose trial has moved to the penalty phase after he was found guilty of...http://www.newser.com/story/72719/lifer-seeks-better-life-on-death-row.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 3:48:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72223/polanski-may-take-his-chances-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoman Polanski, denied bail or house arrest in Switzerland, may try his luck in the United States after 31 years. “If this process drags on, it is not completely impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go finally to explain himself in the United States where the arguments in his...http://www.newser.com/story/72223/polanski-may-take-his-chances-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 9:36:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71557/madoff-in-prison-yard-tussle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScam king Bernie Madoff got into a shove match with another con during an argument about the stock market, according to jailbird witnesses. Another oldster con at the North Carolina fed pen where Bernie's serving 150 years shoved Madoff as the argument escalated. Madoff pushed back, causing the other inmate...http://www.newser.com/story/71557/madoff-in-prison-yard-tussle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 5:21:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71427/imprisoned-polanski-depressed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA stint in a Zurich prison has left Roman Polanski "depressed" and "dejected," and the longtime fugitive will promise to stay in Switzerland should he be granted bail, his lawyer says. Polanski, who fled the US in 1977 after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, "was in an unsettled...http://www.newser.com/story/71427/imprisoned-polanski-depressed-lawyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 16:55:09 CDT