The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal judge to release "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, arguing that he was put back in jail in retaliation for criticizing the government. ...more

September 14, 2009

The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released from a Texas federal prison later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars. ...more

August 5, 2009

Several inmates were injured in at a federal prison outside Ocala this afternoon when a fight broke out in the recreation yard, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. ...more

March 12, 2009

A Salvadoran immigrant convicted of attacking two women in the park where Chandra Levy's remains were found was expected to be arrested in the next few days in the former intern's slaying, a person close to the investigation said. ...more

February 22, 2009

A fight broke out at a federal prison northwest of Orlando about 2:20 p.m. Sunday and eight inmates have been hospitalized, including one with a gunshot wound, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. ...more

January 26, 2009

Eight male inmates were taken to a hospital after a "large-scale fight" at a federal prison northwest of Orlando. ...more

January 26, 2009

A federal judge said today she doesn't have the authority to change slumlord Steven Green's 33-month prison sentence to probation. ...more

January 23, 2009

Determining whether one of Hillsborough County's most notorious former landlords will ever go to prison has become a never-ending case, an exasperated federal judge said today. ...more

October 31, 2008

His pornographic persona, Max Hardcore, is all swagger and sadism - forcing women in his movies to do things that can't be described in a family newspaper. ...more

October 4, 2008

His pornographic persona, Max Hardcore, is all swagger and sadism – forcing women in his movies to do things that can't be described in a family newspaper. But in federal court today, as he faced a federal prison sentence, Paul F. Little trembled and begged a woman for mercy before he was sentenced to prison. ...more

October 3, 2008