Cole was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 1985 rape of 20-year-old Michele Mallin. He maintained his innocence, but it was not confirmed by DNA until years after his 1999 death, when another inmate confessed to the rape. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

One of the five illegal immigrants who escaped from a privately run South Texas jail along with a former police officer surrendered to federal agents at a border checkpoint. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Errrrr yea...the guy who was supposed to get out was a young white guy. The one they actually released was an old black guy. I'm seeing a slight error in procedure here. picked by moe 2 years ago

Why you ask? Because his cancer medication would counteract with lethal injection drugs. Oops! picked by proverb 2 years ago

An inmate alleges two deputies got another prisoner to put his penis on a bologna sandwich which he ate. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Two New York officers were asked to surrender themselves to authorities after they were accused of sodomizing an inmate with police equipment. picked by cstrickland 12 months ago

A trail of chicken bones left at a burglary scene more than a year ago has led investigators to a Kansas prison inmate with a long rap sheet and a hefty appetite. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Houston police said George Vera, 25, was arrested Aug. 2 and taken to the city jail. He spent a day there before being transferred to the Harris County Jail. After being there for 14 hours, going through intake procedures, he was taken to the showers, the final step before going to his cell. There, Vera told police he had a 9mm handgun on him, along with 2 clips. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

An inmate who is paraplegic has sued authorities after his bum and private parts were burnt by a steaming and bubbling toilet. I guess things went from bad to worse pretty fast. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Alice Cooper judges 15 Maricopa County jailbirds as they battle for lockdown supremacy in the prison's version of American Idol.(includes video of auditions) picked by BrownTrout 3 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 2 years ago

An Israeli judge has ordered the country's prison authority to pay an inmate over $1,000 (488 pounds) in compensation after he complained of having to share a cell with cockroaches. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Unreal. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

The mix-up was said to have happened after prisoners were given their special nightly menus and they saw that one of the options was a 'boiled ham sandwich'. Many ordered cheese sandwiches instead, but some claimed they were still delivered ham sandwiches and ended up eating them because they were so hungry. It was reported that lawyers estimated each inmate could receive as much £10,000 comp... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years 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

He was captured 6 blocks from the prison.
He was captured 6 blocks from the prison.
I just had to say that twice. Looks like there is already a strong competition for the dumbest criminal of the year.
Update to this story. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Cameron Willingham - the father of three children who died in the blaze - was convicted of murder and EXECUTED in February 2004. He protested his innocence to the end.

If the Texas state commission reaches the same conclusion, it could lead to the first-ever declaration by an official state body that an inmate was wrongly executed. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

A former jailhouse officer in San Luis Obispo County was charged with flashing a female inmate and having others expose themselves in exchange for candy bars. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It takes convict John Peterson four months of hard work to turn a wild, aggressive mustang into a saddle-trained horse. Mustangs have returned the favor for Peterson, who's serving time for burglary at a Colorado state prison outside Canon City. Peterson works in the Wild Horse Inmate Program, which prepares mustangs for private adoption and for use by the U.S. Border Patrol. picked by horsefeathers 9 months ago

James Woodward, 55, spent more time in prison than any other wrongfully convicted inmate in U.S. history who was subsequently freed by DNA testing, local media reported. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago