Lawmakers ramp up efforts to reform California’s Elderly Parole Program

Years after the program came under fire in the Inland Empire, the parole of two violent sex offenders in Northern California ...
Essence

Attorney For Sean Combs Requests He Serve Prison Sentence At New Jersey Facility With Drug Rehab Program

In a letter sent to Judge Arun Subramanian, Sean Combs’ attorney, Teny Geragos requested that the music mogul spend his 50-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. The facility houses just under ...
West Central Tribune

Chippewa County sees value in keeping sentence-to-serve program

Many counties stopped offering the option when the Minnesota Department of Corrections ended its financial support, but Chippewa County continued to do so on its own. Chippewa County has operated its ...
AOL

Chinatown maniac was placed in drug program to reduce 90% of prior prison sentence — months before killing own elderly mom

The maniac charged with bludgeoning his elderly mom to death in Chinatown just before Christmas – possibly with a skateboard – had been placed in a drug program that allowed him to shave off almost 90 ...
The Grio

Former ‘Real Housewives’ star moved from prison to community program for remainder of her sentence

Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for ...