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 11 months 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 11 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

Astronomers have used two different telescopes simultaneously to study the violent flares from the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way. They have detected outbursts from this region, known as Sagittarius A*, which reveal material being stretched out as it orbits in the intense gravity close to the central black hole. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

"We couldn't let such a nice prison burn down," Ronny Stenberg said.

I would imagine this quote was taken just before his fellow inmates kicked his @ss. picked by proverb 1 year ago

A Roman Catholic priest who had sex with two inmates while working as a chaplain at a women's prison was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison.

Couldn't help but read the priest's name as Inmate picked by barwench 7 months 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 12 months 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

This is the Ozone Hole Watch web site, where you can check on the latest status of the ozone layer over the South Pole. Satellite instruments monitor the ozone layer, and data is used to create the images that depict the amount of ozone. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Ill Na Na rapper was relegated to 76 days of solitary confinement on Oct. 16 after scuffling with another inmate and exhibiting behavioral issues at Rikers Island, where she's currently serving a year for probation violation.

Addition to: picked by punthe 1 year ago

CORSICANA - Police say the driver of a bus filled with about 40 former prison inmates abandoned the vehicle Thursday along a highway because her working hours for the day were over. picked by neo3979 10 months ago

Stop it.
Find out where you'd come out if you dug a hole from your neighborhood on down to the other side of the earth. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies, and gas, and the mysterious, unseen "dark matter." While earlier studies have shown holes, or voids, in the large-scale structure of the Universe, this new discovery dwarfs them all. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black hole and then greed gets the better of him...
Nice short movie picked by wildminou 3 weeks 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 1 year ago

Astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies, and gas, and the mysterious, unseen "dark matter." While earlier studies have shown holes, or voids, in the large-scale structure of the Universe, this new discovery dwarfs them all. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

It took 78 years of golfing, but a 90-year-old man finally got his first hole in one. On Thursday morning, Howard Tanner aced the 123-yard ninth hole of the Wynmoor Community Council Golf Course in Coconut Creek. He first took up the game as a teenager in Long Island, N.Y., while working as a caddie. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Blue Hole is a geological oddity, so much so that in March of 1996 it was declared a World Heritage Site and later declared a National Monument in February of 1999. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

New Jersey inmates battle Princeton students in a meeting of the minds over chess boards. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week 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 2 years ago