Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.

How thoughtful. picked by Nicky666 3 months ago

Authorities in Mexico City on Wednesday captured the second of two inmates who made a daring escape last month from a New Jersey jail, a U.S. marshal said. picked by wags273 9 months ago

Straight from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the page documents the last words of death row inmates about to be executed.

Nothing overly disturbing, but fascinating to read. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

Brown trout trapped in a fish farm pond have discovered an extraordinary escape route. And, like the hit prisoner of war film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen, it involves a tunnel. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

..Well. Isn't that odd. picked by digitalgimpling 2 years ago

Three inmates at a medium-security prison saved a female correctional officer who was being attacked by a convicted sex offender. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

The prison governor insists that their new skills will not be put to use for escape bids – because the jail walls are 20ft high and topped with razor wire. Commented taxi driver Mike Lee, "Next they will be teaching them rock climbing and ladder making." picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

Investigators say the sheriff charged jail inmates $18 per day for room and board. He is also charged with obstructing justice by alerting an unindicted co-conspirator about the identity of an FBI informant. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

Hundreds of family photos dating back almost 100 years were found an an abandoned storage locker in Fox Point, Wis. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Police said inmates used pancake batter and toothpaste to cover a hole they made to allow a female inmate to slide into the next cell and join a male inmate. Now steel plates are being added to the Missouri jail's interior walls. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Reversing decades of tough-on-crime policies, including mandatory minimum prison sentences for some drug offenders, many cash-strapped states are embracing a view once dismissed as dangerously naive: It costs far less to let some felons go free than to keep them locked up. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Slender, dark-haired Karen Jane Matthew was brought into the downtown King County Jail around 1 a.m. on Sept. 16 last year after being arrested for selling rock cocaine on Aurora Avenue. Over the next 30 hours, the 51-year-old inmate with a long, mostly misdemeanor record, including drugs and prostitution, lost consciousness and split open her head in a fall; told a cellmate she was "dope sic... read full post picked by bingo 4 months ago

A woman who attempted to escape from jail in Sydney had to be rescued by police after she became stuck in an air conditioning duct, police said on Thursday. picked by pvisi111 4 months ago

A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said today. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Women inmates in a Swedish prison say they're being discriminated against because they can't get a good tan. What the?! picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Two inmates in a smoke free prison held a guard hostage for a pack of smokes. Once they were given the cigarettes, the two quietly slipped back to their cell and locked themselves in. - thanks for the pic Hoosker! ;) picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

Results of a criminal grand jury investigation show an sheriff's deputy watched TV and sent text messages while jail inmates beat a fellow prisoner to death. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

There are some very compelling photos in this Flash photo album from MSNBC covering the last week in photojournalism. picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

Some county jails in the United States have implemented a program that allows inmates to pay by the day for upgraded living conditions. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Gonu is the cyclonic storm that lashed at the Gulf Coast recently. Oman and Iran were affected most. It left a trail of destruction and deaths on its way. Gonu caused millions in damages and claimed many lives in the area. Indians and many expats are among the allegedly dead and missing. Here are the photos and videos of the fury of Gonu and after. picked by SunSeven 1 year ago