Former Texas Officer Sentenced Over 11 Years for Killing Black Woman in Her Home
He had been convicted last week by a jury in the killing....
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams Fights Federal Government Taking Over Rikers Island
The Legal Aid Society has filed paperwork asking the federal government to take control of the Rikers Island Correctional Facility away from New York City....
Tupac Shakur’s Stepfather Granted Compassionate Release After Serving More Than 35 Years in Federal Prison
Mutulu Shakur will be walking out of jail on Dec. 16 after being granted a compassionate release...
Iowa Teen Who Killed Her Rapist, Escaped a Woman’s Center and Now May Face 20-Years In Prison
This story is so sad. She killed her rapist. Required to pay his family restitution and got five years of probation. But now she is...
Actor Tyrese Gibson Gets Candid About Mass Incarceration in New Film ‘The System’
Tyrese Gibson got real with BLACK ENTERPRISE about how The System highlights the problems in the criminal justice system and issues of mass incarceration in America....
Family Seeks Justice After Corrections Officers Break Inmate’s Neck, Starve Him to Death
A late Florida inmate's family is planning a lawsuit after an investigation revealed he was starved and left paralyzed for days after having his neck...
Pregnant Black Woman Serving Four Years For Protest Comments, Will Have Her Sentence Reconsidered
Jurors found her guilty of a charge carrying a maximum of 30 days....
R. Kelly Blames Ex-Wife Drea Kelly For Sexual Behavior, Estrangement From Children
The blame game! R. Kelly blames his estrangement from his three children, sexual acts, on Drea....
Black Kentucky Man Sues State Prison For Forcibly Cutting His Locs
Carlos Thurman filed a federal lawsuit in April against the prison for forcibly cutting his locs in accordance with a new prison policy indicating the...
R. Kelly Fanatic Arrested For Threatening to ‘Storm’ the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York
One of R. Kelly's fans was arrested for threatening to "storm" the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn, New York....