Topic: Jail

A New Cost for Unpaid Tickets: Possible Strip Search

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Add this to the list of reasons to pay those tickets before they go to warrant: A new Supreme Court ruling Monday gives authorities the right to strip-search you before you're admitted to jail, regardless of your offense.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 5, 2012

Being a Convicted Murderer Pays Better Than You Might Think

Anthony Garcia collected more than $30,000 in unemployment--not bad when you consider he was sitting in a Los Angeles jail serving a sentence for murder. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 2, 2011

Lindsay Lohan Is Really Going to Jail

Lindsay Lohan is absolutely, positively, really going to jail this time, or so we're promised

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 12, 2011

How Did the Stanford Prison Experiment Get Out of Hand?

Forty years later, participants describe what they were thinking

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 24, 2011

Conrad Black's Going Back to Prison

The former media mogul was resentenced to 42 months in federal prison

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