Arts, Briefly: Jailhouse Notes
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The rapper the Game was sentenced on Monday to 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to felony possession of a firearm in a school zone, The Associated Press reported. Under a plea agreement, two other counts against him were dropped, but his sentence also includes 150 hours of community service and three years of probation. The Game, 28, above, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was accused of pulling a gun on an opposing player during a pickup basketball game at a south Los Angeles school nearly a year ago. ... A three-judge court in Los Angeles has denied an appeal by the R&B singer Ronald Isley of his 37-month federal sentence for tax evasion. Mr. Isley, 66, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and one of the Isley Brothers, whose hits included âTwist and Shout,â argued that his sentence was unreasonable because of his age and poor health. The appellate court said the trial judge correctly âbalanced the need to sanction Mr. Isleyâs âpathologicalâ tax evasion against the need to accommodate Mr. Isleyâs poor health.â Mr. Isley is in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Ind. His projected release date is April 2010.
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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep.
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Religious materials are being returned to prison chapel libraries, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Thursday, confirming plans to modify a program designed to remove religious books and videos that could incite violence.
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roundup Plus: Autodesk updates hobbyist tool...LogicLibrary buys bug catcher...Think local, act Google.
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Apple issues patch for iTunes to prevent attacks. Also: Identity thief gets jail time.
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CHICAGO -- Interested inmates at Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa receive teaching material that declares: "Criminal behavior is a manifestation of an alienation between the self and God. Acceptance of God and Biblical principles results in cure through the power of the Holy Spirit....
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Tycho: There are two things I must mention.First, Gabriel liked the cover for book four (entitled "Birds Are Weird") so much that he wanted to make a poster of it, and it's not worth arguing with him when he gets like that so we let him do it. It is, even now, awailable!Also: PAX preregistration opens today, and since we've had a couple of these now you probably know if it's something you'd like to attend. You save ten dollars over the door price, which is, like, ten bucks. This is money you could put toward some other purpose!(CW)TB
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Poems written by Guantanamo prisoners about their lives as captives of the United States have been compiled in a book that will be published this summer with an endorsement from a former U.S. poet laureate.
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A play performed in Czech prisons has inmates laughing bitterly over some accused who they believe were treated leniently
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By TOM BREEN  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Prison guards in West Virginia have gained some unexpected allies in their push for higher pay: inmates, including a self-proclaimed poet serving a life sentence for murder.
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A prison in the Philippines was once infamous for violence. Now, it's famous for something much different: Orange-clad prisoners twirling in unison, thumping to the beat of hit tunes. An alleged murderer tells CNN's Hugh Riminton dancing has taught him "love."
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Notorious prisoners' artwork, notes and even nail clippings are hot items in online auctions. But a new law might put a stop to the gruesome trade
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New Jersey lags do a Shawshank Redemption Two inmates of New Jersey's Union County jail last Saturday night pulled off a classic old school jailbreak with the help of a couple of dummies and some strategically-placed, bikini-clad pin-ups, CNN reports.â¦
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 2--HARRISON COUNTY -- The computer-savvy curious will have to wait to see current detainee listings on the Harrison County jail's online docket.
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Tycho:  Welcome to the show notes for Downloadable Content 9/20/2006, "In Breach Of Warranty."  The episode is available for direct download at this link, or feel free to subscribe to our iTunes compatible feed here.  We have not settled on a schedule, rather, we've just begun leaving the recorder on every time we write.  It's different:  people can actually just walk in, and without their knowledge they've become a part of the "show."  It may become more standardized as we refine our process, but I know better than to make promises on this score.  I hope you enjoy it, it's been gone a lot longer than we intended.  This helpful guide should help you get the most out of it.
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Review Last week I attended an IBM briefing, held at The Clink Museum near London Bridge. The Clink was an old Prison and the museum is full of gruesome memorabilia relating to the bad old days of sadistic incarceration.
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By Annie Nelson, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 5--HUNTSVILLE -- Jail, sweet jail.   Gone are the video cameras, intercoms and most of the bulletproof glass and bars from the windows. After four months of renovation, the old Randolph County Jail is beginning to look like home.