That time in prison was my last — Sept. 25, 1997, my 29th birthday. I was so scared. Each time I left prison or the Los Angeles County jail, I had a desire to succeed.

Two former West Virginia correctional officers have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles in an assault that ...

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Jail vs. prison Ironically, despite the fact that many jail inmates will never even go to trial, let alone be convicted, the living conditions in jails tend to be worse than those in prisons.

In New York, the prison population is 52,399, the probation population is 107,730 and the parole population is 45,039. The state spent $3.13 billion on corrections in 2014.

Prison and jail escapes happen when inmates have a combination of two things: “Motivation and opportunity,” said Peterson. Motivation is “inherent,” he said, particularly among inmates ...