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 2 years ago

After finally asking each other, "What are you in for?" a special group of inmates at the Jefferson County jail found themselves both humored and inspired Friday night. picked by kakana 4 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 1 year ago

Not too bright this kid. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

two days in jail over unpaid leash law fine... sounds fair. picked by sproggg 8 months ago

A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A jail in northern Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars — including cells that locked from the inside or contained recliners. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

A Malaysian mother wants to join her son in jail to make sure he receives insulin injections three times a day, as well as anti-rejection drugs for a transplanted kidney. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"If they don't comply, they will be fined. They don't believe in the payment of fines, so they've already attested that they will go to jail in lieu of paying fines." picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Jail officials have denied a Des Moines, Iowa, woman's request to be locked up so she can force herself to quit smoking. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A homeopath has been sentenced to at least six years in jail and his wife will serve at least four years for the manslaughter of their eczema-stricken daughter. picked by equinox 2 months ago

These guys posed as fake cops and then posted their stunts on Youtube. Now they are facing up to a year of jail time.
Didnt their mommys ever tell them that if they start using youtube they will end up in jail? picked by mgalpert 3 years ago

Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 16-year-old from London, who spent the past three years making nearly $500,000 passing himself off as a business tycoon, may now face jail time. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

He figures it's easier to let the taxpayers cover his living expenses until he can collect social security at the end of his 3 yr sentence. Someone should have told him that jail is still, well, jail. picked by ybne1else 3 years ago

Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove in contempt and send him to jail. picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

Plaxico Burress couldn't wriggle out of jail time for accidentally shooting himself in the leg. Burress has retained the services of a "prisoner consultant" to advise him on "what to expect while incarcerated, and how to use his period of confinement as productively as possible," picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Politics in Taiwan have always been rough, but this is downright dirty. A man was sentenced to 5 months in jail for tearing a wig off Taiwan legislator Chiu Yi. The sentence was for depriving Chiu of the "freedom to be pretty."

Yes, you read that right picked by bingo 6 months ago

So... the whole circus around Hollywood's most spoiled brat takes a turn. When Paris Hilton fans set up a petition to keep her OUT of jail (which until now has about 3,000 signatures) there were others who set up a petition to make sure that she actually goes to jail. Unfortunately for Paris, this already got closer to 35,000 signatures.

Will Justice Finally Be Done? picked by marinuse 3 years ago