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Anna Delvey, hair up wearing glasses, in court.

Convicted Scammer Anna Delvey Released From Jail And Banned from All Social Media

Fraudster Anna Delvey is out of prison but still faces deportation to Germany.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

NYC Could Be Required to Provide Inmates With Free Telephone Calls

The city makes about $5 million a year from charging inmates for telephone calls.
By Madina Toure
Inmates in New York State's prison system will be receiving free JP5 tablets starting in the summer of 2018.

All New York Inmates Will Have Free Tablet Computers by Summer 2018

But who's paying for it?
By Madina Toure
Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, is known as one of the worst prisons in the United States.

NYC Takes First Major Step in Shuttering Notorious Rikers Island Prison Complex

By Madina Toure
An aerial view of the Rikers Island prison.

NYC Jail Population Drops Below 9K for First Time Since ’82

By Madina Toure
Behind Bars

NJ Supreme Court Overhauls Life Sentences for Juveniles

By Donald Scarinci
Bill Baroni leaving federal court in Newark after his sentencing on March 29.

Bridgegate Defendants Should Not Go to Jail

By Donald Scarinci
APDS instructor Dylan Alban introduces an APDS tablet to an inmate in the San Francisco County Jail.

Can Giving Prisoners Android Tablets Save Taxpayers Money?

By John Bonazzo
Readers on both sides of the abortion debate had problems with a recent New York Times op-ed.

Insanity: Indiana Woman Gets 20 Years for a Stillbirth

By Lindsay Beyerstein
Mr. Silver. (Getty)

The Sheldon Silver Prison Survival Guide

By Jordyn Taylor

Party Monster Michael Alig Celebrates First Day of Freedom on Twitter

By Mimmi Montgomery and Matt Mullen

Mayor’s Office Says de Blasio Did Not Ask for Ally to Be Spared Night in Jail

By Jill Colvin
(Photo: suite101.com)

Teen on House Arrest Grows ‘Sick of Playing Xbox,’ Asks for Jail Time Instead

By Jessica Roy
Tabber Benedict, the Sherman McCoy of our time. (Patrick McMullan)

Gatsbaby Tabber Benedict Throws Pre-Prison Party, Tells Friends He’s Going to Europe

By Drew Grant
Who would ever steal from this guy? (NY Social Diary)

Michael Shvo’s House Sitter Gets Up to Three Years in Prison for Stealing His Money

By Michael Ewing
The House of D. (RevBilly.com)

The One Downtown Brooklyn “House” Nobody Wants to Move Into

By Michael Ewing
Raj Raj Galleon Group

Big Raj and Bernie, Friends Forever: Rajaratnam Receives Record Prison Sentence for Insider Trading, Reportedly Sent to Madoff’s Pen

By Foster Kamer

With Footwear Line, Lindsay Lohan Segues From 'Jailhouse Rock' to 'Blue Suede Shoes'

By Nate Freeman

Now It’s Personal: Apple Taking on Teen Who Sold White iPhones

By Observer Staff
The kid in Apple's crosshairs

Now It’s Personal: Apple Taking on Teen Who Sold White iPhones

By Ben Popper
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