U.S. citizens are, for the most part, unable to receive vaccinations for H1N1 swine flu, as there is simply not enough vaccine. There is even a shortage of Tamiflu. What then, of the decision to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay prisoners?

On Tuesday, Arkansas prosecutors charged Bill Clinton's former chief of staff with attempting to smuggle contraband into Arkansas' death row at the state's Varner Unit. An arrest warrant was issued for Betsey Wright and the former Bill Clinton chief of staff is expected to turn herself in next week.

Former Ohio State football star running back Maurice Clarett has withdrawn his request for early release from prison. Maurice Clarett was seeking an early release from prison with the hopes of pursuing a football career in the NFL.

Ex-NFL QB Michael Vick is back. He's been released from home confinement, where he's been since May, after spending 18 months at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

As far as prison is concerned, Phil Spector caught a break as he will get to serve out his 19 year prison sentence for murder at a "sensitive needs facility" in California's largest state prison.

Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen and journalist, has been convicted in Iran of espionage, and sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Nalini Nadkarni of Evergreen State College currently advises a team of researchers who sport shaved heads, tattooed biceps and prison-issued garb rather than the lab coats and khakis typically worn by researchers.

The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service have saved up to 160 million dollars by releasing prisoners from jail with electronic tags.

Prison sentences handed down to counterfeiters by a Taipei, Taiwan, court mark the end of a string of successful prosecutions by international law enforcement agencies, bringing a global software counterfeiting ring to a final halt.

In community settings, there’s always at least one person or perhaps a group of individuals who are most highly respected. Prison systems are no different; one’s social status results from interpersonal dynamics.

Both crime and prison populations could be reduced dramatically by focusing on the “power few” criminals who commit the most crime, according to Lawrence Sherman, Director of the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University, UK. His paper will be published online this week in Springer’s Journal of Experimental Criminology.