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The popular podcast "Serial" started its second season Thursday by introducing the story of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl The podcast is the first time Bergdahl has spoken since he was released from a Taliban prison last year. David Martin has his story.
Jared Fogle, the former pitchman for Subway, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with minors and trading child pornography. Steve Futterman of CBS Radio News joins CBSN with the latest details.
The fabled prison on Alcatraz Island, once home to crime superstars like Al Capone, closed in 1963. Today it's the site of reunions for former inmates, guards and their families. Bill Geist tags along.
The largest ever release of federal prison inmates is underway across the country. Thousands of non-violent drug offenders are walking free in a program to ease overcrowding. Justice correspondent, Jeff Pegues reports.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has pleaded guilty in a hush-money case and will serve up to six months in prison. CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds joins CBSN with details.
Angola State Prison in Louisiana has been called one of the most notorious maximum security prisons in the country. Lee Cowan finds that for some inmates, a break in the monotony of doing hard time comes from performing in a prison rodeo.
In a hushed military courtroom, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl described how he was beaten, tortured, and confined in a tiny cage by the Taliban. The hearing is part of the military's decision whether to try Bergdahl for desertion. Omar Villafranca has more.
Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader who is nearly a week into a hunger strike at a penal colony, is in a medical wing suffering with a suspected respiratory illness. Russian police detained nine people outside, who were Navalny supporters that gathered outside the facility, and as Holly Williams reports authorities turned away a doctor who tried to see him.
Oscar Pistorius is getting ready to leave prison in South Africa after serving only 10 months for the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The "Blade Runner" originally received a five-year sentence, and he is expected to begin house arrest on Friday. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why his legal troubles aren't over yet.
One inmate was killed and at least five others injured when a riot broke out at a maximum-security prison in Folsom, California, on Wednesday.
A verdict has been reached in the punishment phase of the trial of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes. Criminal Defense Attorney Randy Zelin has analysis for CBSN.
The final phase of sentencing began Tuesday in the James Holmes trial. Holmes is facing life in prison or the death penalty. CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen recaps the emotional testimony from the families of Holmes' victims.
Prison worker Joyce Mitchell pleads guilty to charges of helping two convicted murderers escape. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Elaine Quijano have more on her court hearing.
Tension in the town of Owerri in southeast Nigeria as residents worry about violence from escapees, or even the security forces.
High cost of housing the mentally ill in prisons has some communities rethinking their approach
CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán's escape from prison and its possible impacts on diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico.
President Obama met with inmates at the El Reno Facility in Oklahoma on Thursday, making him the first president in U.S. history to visit a federal correctional facility. CBS News correspondent Mark Albert reports from the White House.
President Obama is visiting a prison in order to raise awareness of his push for reforming the justice system. CBS News' Bill Plante discusses the visit with CBSN.
Surveillance video captured the moment Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" vanished from his prison cell. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on the elaborate tunnel used in the escape.
Oskar Groening, a 94-year-old former Nazi guard, was found guilty on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder. It stems from his work at the Auschwitz death camp. Although he never killed anyone, prosecutors say that his role as a bookkeeper helped the camp function. Mark Phillips reports from London.
Surveillance video shows the moment Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from his Mexican jail cell. It shows the drug kingpin pacing before he disappears from view behind a wall. That's where he climbed into a tunnel. Omar Villafranca reports.
Mexican authorities released video from inside Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's prison cell the night he escaped. He can be seen pacing and then disappearing behind the low shower wall.
Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman broke out of a Mexican prison for the second time. Guzman stepped into the prison's shower and never came out. Omar Villafranca reports on the developments, including the sophisticated escape tunnel that was discovered.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman broke out of a maximum-security prison on Saturday. His cartel is believed to be the top supplier of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana into the U.S. Carter Evans reports.
Top prison officials are among the 12 Clinton Correctional Facility employees on paid administrative leave following the escape by convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt. The FBI is also investigating the prison for alleged corruption and a possible drug ring. Anna Werner reports from Dannemora, New York.
The murder of Charlie Kirk last week follows a litany of violent acts against political targets. Historian Jon Meacham talks about the existential questions now facing America.
Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on charges of aggravated murder, obstruction of justice and felony discharge of a firearm for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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Desmond Holly and several school shooters in the past year were active on the same website, the ADL says.
In a joint segment with Republican Sen. James Lankford, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said amid efforts to foster bipartisan discourse, the internet "is driving extremism in our country."
The strike on the Kirishi refinery, in Russia's northwestern Leningrad region, follows weeks of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure that Kyiv says fuels Moscow's war effort.
Rep. Michael McCaul, a foreign policy leader who had strongly supported Ukraine, warned Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "testing the resolve of NATO."
No injuries have been reported but there have been at least 27 reports of the mini fridges overheating and catching on fire, the recall announcement said.
Venezuela's foreign ministry said nine fishermen were "illegally and hostilely" detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham.