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  A Los Angeles judge has once again refused to release former NFL safety Darren Sharper from jail. Sharper is awaiting trial in Los Angeles after pleading not guilty to charges that he raped and drugged two women last year. 

Shanesha Taylor has been jailed for child abuse after leaving her two children in the car so that she could go on a job interview. Taylor informed police that she could not afford a babysitter. A passerby heard crying from Taylor’s vehicle and contacted authorities.

Authorities say a mentally ill former marine “baked to death” in a Rikers Island jail cell. Jerome Murdough was arrested for trespassing after seeking warm shelter in an enclosed stairwell on the roof of a Harlem public housing project. 

  After serving time in prison, rapper Lil Boosie has been released. And while many fans took to social media to celebrate his newfound freedom, singer/actor Jason Weaver took to Instagram to express his disapproval of fan’s actions. 

Nevada may be the first state in the country to charge inmates for food and medical care. The Elko County Commission approved Sheriff Jim Pitts’ proposal to charge inmates $6 a day for meals, $10 for each doctor visit and $5 for initial booking into the jail. 

According to a wide range of  reports released by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice, local governments throughout the country have locked up a growing number of people for failing to pay minor debts. The most recent report, takes a look at the emergence of  what is known as “debtors prisons” […]

A Texas man who has paid his back child support debt in full has been sentenced to jail. Clifford Hall says when the amount of child support for his 11-year-old son was modified, no one told him. 

Yesterday we reported on the case of Ethan Couch, the 16-year-old who admitted to intoxicated manslaughter of four people. only to be sentenced to ten years probation after his lawyer successfully argued that Couch suffered from “affluenza,” or having “too much” privilege. Now, prosecutors are still hoping that Couch, who had a blood-alcohol level of […]

New York police have dropped charges against two New York residents who spent almost a month in jail for allegedly harboring cocaine. Tests confirmed two kilograms seized from the pair by police was actually soap.

An 18-year-old man says he was traumatized after being thrown in jail for four days. West Virginia State University freshman and football receiver Jawon Johnson was arrested after being pulled over by Havre de Grace police for an improper U-turn.

Exposing someone to HIV is a crime in at least 35 states, even if the virus is not transmitted. According to an investigation conducted by Pro Publica, it is also a crime even if the sex in question was safe. The investigation looks at the case of Nick Rhoades, who was sentenced to 25 years […]

Comedian and radio personality Rickey Smiley posted bond money for an 80-year-old Fort Worth woman who allegedly tried to kill her ex-husband during an argument. Tempie Strickland was released from Mansfield jail after Smiley posted the $100,000 bond.