Jail and Inmates

  Navigating the ins and outs of the legal system can be anything but simple. The justice system’s technicalities are often too difficult for us civilians to comprehend, hence the need for lawyers. One of the things many of us wonder about is the prison life sentence. What does it mean to be sentenced for life? Does a life sentence literally mean you’ll be imprisoned until you die? Keep reading because this article will dissect life sentences and answer these questions. WHAT IS A LIFE SENTENCE? A life sentence is the imprisonment of a person convicted of a crime for the rest of their natural life or until they are granted parole or commuted to a shorter  fixed term . A life sentence refers to an imprisoned term of 15-20 years before being released for parole in most states. It can be quite alarming or confusing hearing a man be “sentenced to life,” only to see them walk as a free man in a decade or two. The reason behind this is that the defendant may live out the rest of their sentenc

  I think it’s reasonably safe to assume that nobody wants to go to prison, Michael Schofield being the exception. While all prisons are infamous for housing dangerous criminals, some are even more notorious than others. There are some that you absolutely would not want to be locked up in. With that, here are the ten most dangerous prisons in the US. TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS PRISONS IN THE US 10: UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY, MARION The United States Penitentiary is a former supermax prison  located in Marion , Illinois. Interestingly enough, this prison was opened in 1963 to replace another  infamous prison  – Alcatraz, which closed down that very year.  Perhaps the most violent event in this prison’s history happened on October 22, 1983, when two guards were violently killed by members of the Aryan Brotherhood, a  neo-Nazi prison gang . Because of this incident, the United States Penitentiary went into “permanent lockdown,” being utilized as a “control unit” prison of the Federal Bureau o