NEWSTALK 860 » prison http://ksfa860.com Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Cat Caught Trying to Smuggle Contraband into Prison http://ksfa860.com/cat-smuggler-caught/ http://ksfa860.com/cat-smuggler-caught/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:08:09 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=176333 Generally, it's impossible to get cats to do anything on command, let alone smuggle contraband. But a kitty in Brazil was recently detained for attempting to sneak nearly a dozen items into a prison in the northeastern town of Arapiraca.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/cat-smuggler-caught/feed/ 0 LiveLeak Are Federal Prisoners Taking Jobs From Law-Abiding Citizens? http://ksfa860.com/are-federal-prisoners-taking-jobs-from-law-abiding-citizens/ http://ksfa860.com/are-federal-prisoners-taking-jobs-from-law-abiding-citizens/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:51:31 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=148921 There are currently thousands of inmates employed, at extremely low wages, in federal prisons all across the country manufacturing a myriad of products to be sold strictly to government agencies. Yet, while some argue that paying convicted felons to work in these factories is a good way of teaching them skills that can be used in civil society, others say that it takes jobs away from upstanding citizens at a time of economic difficulty.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/are-federal-prisoners-taking-jobs-from-law-abiding-citizens/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Jared Loughner Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole http://ksfa860.com/jared-loughner-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-parole/ http://ksfa860.com/jared-loughner-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-parole/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:38:26 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=149417 In a federal court today in Tuscon, Arizona, Jared Loughner received a life sentence without parole for his shooting rampage in January 2011 that killed six people and wounded 13, including then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D.-Ariz.).

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/jared-loughner-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-parole/feed/ 0 Getty Images What State Leads the World in Prison Population? http://ksfa860.com/what-state-leads-the-world-in-prison-population/ http://ksfa860.com/what-state-leads-the-world-in-prison-population/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:47:56 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=99730 What state leads the entire planet in throwing people in the slammer?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/what-state-leads-the-world-in-prison-population/feed/ 0 flickr creative commons by jailbird 12 Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison http://ksfa860.com/illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-federal-prison/ http://ksfa860.com/illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-federal-prison/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:30:42 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=64575 Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption that includes an attempt to sell the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/illinois-governor-rod-blagojevich-federal-prison/feed/ 0 Scott Olson, Getty Images Arizona Now Charges People $25 to Visit Prison Inmates http://ksfa860.com/arizona-25-visit-prison-inmates/ http://ksfa860.com/arizona-25-visit-prison-inmates/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:34:36 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=43868 New legislation in Arizona allows the state’s Department of Corrections to impose a one-time “background check fee” of $25 on adults wishing to visit inmates at any of its 15 facilities.

Needless to say, families and prisoner advocacy groups are not happy, citing the existing costs of traveling to visit loved ones housed in prisons that are often located in remote areas.

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