Winans scion fails to get fraud sentence delayed
A judge won't extend the deadline for Michael Winans Jr. to report to federal prison for financial fraud. Full story
IG: unclear standards for compassionate release
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks clear standards on when to grant compassionate release to inmates with terminal illnesses and limited life expectancies, the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday. Full story
Bombing suspect transferred to federal prison
The surving sustect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was moved out of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and transferred to a federal prison in central Massachusetts. Jay Gray reports.
Peregrine boss Wasendorf starts 50-year jail term
(Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., the former chief executive of Peregrine Financial Group, has begun serving a 50-year sentence at a high-security federal prison in Indiana for bilking $215 million from customers of the failed futures brokerage. Full story
Former Atlanta prison doctor jailed for sex assaults of inmates
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A former doctor at a federal prison in Atlanta was sentenced on Thursday to two years and a month behind bars for sexually assaulting three male inmates in Georgia who sought medical treatment from him, court officials said. Full story
Former Illinois Governor Ryan leaves prison
(Reuters) - Former Illinois Governor George Ryan was transferred to home confinement on Wednesday after spending five years in federal prison, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokesman said. Full story
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Musician, ex-inmate John Forte talks criminal justice
Since his release from federal prison, John Forte has served as an agent of chance. Forte, who wrote and produced the Brooklyn Nets’ new anthem, talks about his efforts to help youth from the path he once walked.
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