La Crosse man will spend 25 years in prison for child exploitation conviction
U.S. District Judge Willam Conley sentenced Harry Euler to 25 years in federal prison. Euler pleaded guilty in June to using minors to produce child pornography.
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Iowa has first prison coronavirus case; deaths rise to 74
The Iowa prison system has had its first case of an inmate testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
Nigerian prison inmate ran online scam, made $1 million
A man serving 24 years in a Nigerian maximum security prison used a network of accomplices to conduct an international scam that brought in $1 million, officials said.
Prison fight involving Jayme Closs' kidnapper caught on camera
Video of a prison fight involving Jake Patterson, the Wisconsin man who kidnapped Jayme Closs after killing her parents, has been released by the New Mexico Corrections Department.
Texas appeals court blocks Rodney Reed execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of Rodney Reed Friday, allowing a lower court to consider Reed's claim that the state presented false testimony and that he is innocent.
Brazil's former President Lula released from prison
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva emerged from prison on Friday after a year and a half behind bars, offering his
ISIS fighters may not go to Guantanamo Bay, Trump says
President Donald Trump Wednesday appeared to rule out sending the thousands of ISIS foreign fighters currently being detained by US allies in Syria to the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying that the ISIS detainees should be repatriated to their countries of origin.
Jeffrey Epstein's cause of death was suicide by hanging
Jeffrey Epstein's cause of death was suicide by hanging, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Friday.
Untrained employee guarded Epstein at time of his death
The suicide of Jeffrey Epstein is bringing attention to what employees say is a broader problem at short-staffed budget-constrained federal prisons where employees who aren't prison guards are doing guard duty and overtime shifts regularly.
Tennessee inmate escapes from prison where official found dead
Authorities in western Tennessee are searching for a inmate who escaped Wednesday, the day a longtime corrections official was found dead in her home on the grounds of the prison.
