TODAY'S BEST MIX » jail http://mix108.com Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Arizona Now Charges People $25 to Visit Prison Inmates http://mix108.com/arizona-25-visit-prison-inmates/ http://mix108.com/arizona-25-visit-prison-inmates/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:34:36 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=43868 New legislation in Arizona allows the state’s Department of Corrections to impose a one-time “background check fee” of $25 on adults wishing to visit inmates at any of its 15 facilities.

Needless to say, families and prisoner advocacy groups are not happy, citing the existing costs of traveling to visit loved ones housed in prisons that are often located in remote areas.

]]> http://mix108.com/arizona-25-visit-prison-inmates/feed/ 0 John Moore, Getty Images After Fourth Marijuana Arrest, Man Gets Life in Prison http://mix108.com/after-fourth-marijuana-arrest-man-gets-life-in-prison/ http://mix108.com/after-fourth-marijuana-arrest-man-gets-life-in-prison/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 16:31:24 +0000 Tony Hart http://mix108.com/?p=5976 Getting caught green-handed with marijuana is never a good thing, but when it's your fourth arrest on the same charge, it's a very, very bad thing.

Cornell Hood II learned that truth the hard way after a jury in Louisiana sentenced the repeat offender to life in prison.

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