Prison hostage standoff
A hostage situation has ended in a Delaware prison, leaving one corrections officer dead. CBS News' Chip Reid reports.
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Delaware prison hostage situation
A hostage situation is unfolding inside a maximum-security prison in Delaware. Police and SWAT teams are on the scene working on a peaceful resolution. Chip Reid reports.
Obama shortens sentences
President Obama shortened intel whistleblower Chelsea Manning's prison sentence by over 20 years on Wednesday. CBS News' Margaret Brennan explains the controversy around the president's decision.
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Manning's sentence commuted
With just days left in the White House, President Obama pardoned 64 people and commuted the sentences of 209 others. CBS News foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan has the story on the president's most high profile commutation.
Manning to be freed
Less than three days before he leaves office, President Obama pardoned 64 people and shortened the sentences of 209 others -- most notably, Wikileaks leaker Chelsea Manning. Margaret Brennan has more.
Three execs who went to prison
It's exceedingly rare for a company's top brass to do prison time, even when the company engaged in criminal acts. In recent years, it's only happened a handful of times.
U.S. prison population shrinking
The prison population in the United States has dropped to its lowest level in a decade and a half -- but it is still the highest in the world. CBS News Justice Reporter Paula Reid talks to CBSN about why the number is dwindling.
Bernie Madoff: How he pulled it off
On April 14, 2021, Bernard Madoff, who burned thousands of investors through an epic Ponzi scheme, died in prison while serving a 150-year prison sentence. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with journalist Jim Campbell, author of "Madoff Talks," who maintained a years-long correspondence with the disgraced investor and his family, to learn exactly how Madoff pulled off the largest financial fraud in Wall Street history.
"48 Hours": Toddler's death
Melissa Calusinski sits in prison convicted of murdering a toddler at a day care -- a crime she says she didn't commit. Was evidence kept from the defense? Did a prosecution witness lie? Erin Moriarty previews her report on new potential evidence that could set the woman free, airing Saturday on "48 Hours."
Fight for compensation
Lawrence McKinney was convicted of rape in 1978 and spent over 31 years in prison until DNA evidence proved he was innocent in 2009. Under Tennessee law, McKinney may be owed up to $1 million for the wrongful imprisonment. But the state's parole board has refused to exonerate him, despite the evidence, reports Omar Villafranca.
Guantanamo prisoners
The White House says it will not allow President-elect Donald Trump to veto any releases from Guantanamo Bay prison before he takes office. The Obama administration is working to find countries that will accept dozens of prisoners who've been cleared to leave. Margaret Brennan speaks to a son of a detainee.
Gitmo's future
CBS News' Margaret Brennan reports from Guantanamo Bay, where President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to continue to imprison terror suspects -- or as he put it, "load it up with some bad dudes."
Inside Guantanamo prison
President Obama has worked to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison since the day after his inauguration, but it's unlikely the prison will close before his administration ends in January. President-elect Donald Trump has different ideas for the facility. Margaret Brennan reports from Cuba on the debate over the detention facility.
"Making A Murderer" update
Brendan Dassey, the subject from the hit Netflix series "Making A Murderer," is set to be freed from prison. CBS News justice reporter Paula Reid joins CBSN with the latest details.
Music that can shake the world
Prison commissioner Clement Kainja says that, after the Grammy nomination, the world is listening to the musicians of Zomba...and this gives them hope.
"Jealous Neighbor"
Inmate Elias Chimenya performs a song he wrote as a cautionary tale -- urging people to focus on their own lives and not to be jealous of others
Alexey Navalny ends hunger strike
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is ending his prison hunger strike after more than three weeks of fasting. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata spoke to CBSN's Tanya Rivero about why Navalny was forced to end his protest.
Chauvin faces decades in prison, but could serve far less
The former Minneapolis police officer will face sentencing in about eight weeks for his convictions in the murder of George Floyd.
Brock Turner freed early
Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault, is scheduled to be released from jail Friday. His was sentenced in June to six months in prison, but he will get out three months early. The case created a public outcry and calls for the judge's removal. John Blackstone reports on where the judge is finding support.
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Iran prisoner payment
For the first time, the State Department has admitted a link between a $400 million cash payment to Iran and the release of four American prisoners. Republicans are calling it a ransom, but the White House is denying it. Margaret Brennan has more.
More women in prison
The number of women in local U.S. jails has skyrocketed over the last four decades. While fewer than 8,000 women were behind bars in 1970, that number was nearly 110,000 in 2014. Former civil rights attorney Gloria Browne Marshall joins CBSN to discuss.
Inmate attack
An officer at the Pinal County Sheriff's Adult Detention Center was violently attacked by two inmates on Sunday, and the incident was all caught on camera. When the officer stepped into a common recreation area of the cell block, two inmates followed him and began punching him in the face and body. The officer fought back while a second officer ran over to help. Watch the video to see the entire altercation.
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Border Patrol agent testifies sandwich thrown at him "exploded all over"
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Dems seek details on Epstein co-conspirator probe that was "inexplicably killed"
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