CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today tried to build support and counter criticism of a proposal to sell a prison in rural northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees and other inmates. ...more

November 15, 2009

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

Steve LaBrake, the former Tampa housing director who was sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary in a bribery scandal, will serve out the remainder of his term in a halfway house in Tampa, federal prison officials said. ...more

September 30, 2008

When Melvin Garcia was sent to prison almost a decade ago on a racketeering conviction, he had never used a computer. Now he sends 50 e-mails a month from a federal prison in West Virginia, punctuating notes with emoticons. ...more

August 17, 2008

Former boy band creator Lou Pearlman has finally been transferred to a federal penitentiary to serve his 25-year prison sentence. ...more

July 24, 2008