I work at the youth home near the county jail and tonight on my way home I saw the news trucks outside. Curious, I did a little research and found out what this creep is up to these days. picked by heymrp 3 months ago

A Wisconsin man convicted of having sexual contact with a dead deer has been sentenced to nine more months in jail.

Sounds like a real winner. picked by muppet 4 months ago

Officials want to know how a convicted felon escaped from a privately owned jail across the street from San Antonio police headquarters.

Nobody noticed he was gone for a full day -- and he remains at large. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

The bailiff put her in the cell to await transport to jail, and she was forgotten. Because of heavy snow, few staff members were in the courthouse to hear her cries and pounding later Thursday or on Friday and through the weekend. picked by MandolinOrange 2 months ago

The Pakistani government has released from jail an Indian man who had spent 35 years on death row.

Not a single visitor in that time! picked by topofall 2 months 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 3 months ago

Jail guards regularly watched DVDs, slept, used cellphones and read books, according to grand jury testimony on the October 2006 fatal beating of inmate John Chamberlain. picked by doggylives 1 month ago

Parents who repeatedly fail to ensure their children attend school will face jail time as part of a crackdown on truancy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Look, we weren't stupid," Steve says with a weary smile. "We figured a percentage of our customers were growing pot. But we had store rules that if anyone asked us about marijuana, we'd ask them to leave. What someone was planning to do with fertilizer or grow lights wasn't our concern. Most of the stuff we were selling, you could buy at Home Depot. We had a legitimate business." picked by zzz 2 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 4 months ago

A man who who spent 10 days in jail and two months under house arrest for a bank robbery he didn't commit has received a check but no apology from the FBI. picked by muppet 5 days ago

An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.

Theme pic is not him. picked by deEPCHill 3 weeks ago

Joshua Beadle has been held in contempt and sentenced to 10 days per word after a judge ordered him to stop the threatening comments. picked by doggylives 2 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 1 day ago

An Italian man was given a suspended jail sentence for staring too intensely at a woman sitting in front of him on a train. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

More than 30 prisoners escaped from a jail in southeastern Guinea by using spoons to scoop a hole in the baked earth wall of their prison building which had been softened by rain. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

The 462-pound man could not fit in prison beds or through the bathroom door, so he's been granted house arrest. picked by MandolinOrange 2 months ago

Kiefer Sutherland was released from jail this morning, after serving his FULL sentence. Imagine that. picked by eljay 4 months ago

* 13-year-old raped, left pregnant, with STD
* Judge jails man for six months
* Says girl "encouraged relationship" picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A Fairfield man is in jail because his daughter hasn't gotten her General Equivalency Diploma (GED).

*I'm all for parents being responsible for their kids but this is absurd. picked by dollyllama 6 days ago