Florida’s death row inmates spend 23 hours a day in their 6-by-9 foot cells, passing time by watching TV on prison-issued devices, reading books or magazines, studying their case files or writing ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The state Department of Corrections said Tuesday it will ban inmates from soliciting pen-pals over the Internet after discovering that some offenders used the relationships ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Preston Blake says he's a "down to earth, mature and serious man." In an online profile, he sports a shirtless photo of himself while smiling and flexing his chiseled right arm. "I ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Prison officials and victim advocates are warning Internet users to stay away from Web sites encouraging correspondence with prison inmates. One of the latest trends in ...

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Conversation can change lives. That’s something Marshalls Creek resident Barbara Widmark has learned. For over 30 years, she’s written to inmates at prisons around the ...

its Pen Pals program after graduating its 100th class and training 1,001 dogs over the past 20 years. Pen Pals program rescues unwanted, neglected and abandoned dogs with the assistance of Allen ...

A group opposing the death penalty has removed from its Web site a link to information seeking pen pals for Ricky Javon Gray and other Virginia death-row inmates. Virginians for Alternatives to the ...