Nov 18th, 2009 · GOP criticism that people who skip a health insurance mandate would be jailed doesn't stand up to scrutiny. The charge is based on a rigid reading of a tax law, under which only 500 people were incarcerated last year.
Sep 29th, 2009 · The Swiss Federal Criminal Court expects to decide on Roman Polanski's motion "within the next weeks." That means the director isn't likely to be freed anytime soon from prison, as he would stay incarcerated through the verdict and through any appeals.
Jun 22nd, 2009 · The number of incarcerated women in the U.S. has risen dramatically in recent years. According to federal figures, about 207,000 women were held in prisons or jails last year, an increase of a third since the year 2000. Joanne Archibald, who was incarcerated as a young woman on drug charges; Gretchen Rohr, a lawyer who works for a non-profit group in Washington, D.C. and Sedrena Guy, who recently left prison, discuss women re-entering society after being incarcerated.
May 12th, 2009 · After three decades of fighting in court, John Demjanjuk was incarcerated Tuesday in a German prison, deported from the United States to face allegations of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews and others as a Nazi guard at the Sobibor death camp.
May 12th, 2009 · Reza Saberi says his daughter, American journalist Roxana Saberi, was physically unharmed but suffered "a lot of psychological pressure" during her incarceration in an Iranian prison. She was released Monday after her sentence for spying was reduced.
Jan 16th, 2009 · Singer Ed Reed is relatively new to the national jazz scene, but he's been singing for more than 50 years. After a life of addiction and incarceration, Reed has emerged triumphant, ready for his moment in the spotlight. With his accompanist Gary Fisher, Reed performs "Sleeping Bee" and "Ask Me Now" before he and McPartland get together on Ellington's "All Too Soon."
Oct 30th, 2008 · At Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane, Wash., prison officials are trying to change prison culture — instead of a regime of punishment and incarceration, they're turning the prison into something called a therapeutic community. If successful, the program may spread to prisons across the country.
Sep 4th, 2008 · The Chicago singer-songwriter went from making hit singles to winding up in the same Cook County jail that his father once occupied. He performs songs from his latest record, musing on his addiction, incarceration and hope for redemption.