Escaped inmate John McCluskey and his fiancee-cousin Casslyn Welch were captured Thursday in Arizona. They are suspects in the slaying of an Oklahoma couple, whose burned bodies were found in New Mexico. New Mexico - Oklahoma - United States - Arizona - Prison
The White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire a state prison in Illinois to be the new home for some terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay.
States desperate to save money are cutting back on the massive expense of running prisons — eliminating guards, trimming drug treatment and parole programs and, in two states, releasing inmates early.
Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison after apologizing to victims for a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that the judge called "extraordinarily evil."
