Diddy judge offers hip-hop mogul a way to cut up to a year off his prison sentence

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Sean "Diddy" Combs spoke in court ahead of his sentencing.

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Diddy wants to serve his sentence at a NJ prison previously home to 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli and mobsters

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Sean "Diddy" Combs is seeking a low prison sentence following his conviction on prostitution-related charges.

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Ghislaine Maxwell joins Jen Shah at 'Club Fed.' The 'Real Housewives' star's prison consultant calls it a major upgrade.

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Ghislaine Maxwell; a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas.
Ghislaine Maxwell was recently transferred to a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas.

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Diddy's bid to avoid prison: He'll become a domestic abuse counselor

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial has been unfolding in Manhattan federal court.

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Inmates released from Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' prison

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After more than a decade of war in Syria, hundreds of inmates in one of the country's most notorious prisons are being reunited with their families.

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For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky

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White-collar criminals pay thousands and ignore huge risks to keep a cellphone in prison.

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An FCC ruling has cut prison phone bills in half, disrupting the correctional telecommunications industry

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People incarcerated in jails and prisons have to pay per minute to communicate with the outside world.

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San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.

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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Quentin, California, 2015.

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The man Clarence Thomas raised 'as a son' arrested on drug and weapons charges

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Clarence Thomas took in his grandnephew and raised him like a son. Mark Martin now faces more than 25 years on drug and weapons charges.

How the New Mexican Mafia actually works, according to a former member

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Manuel Medrano is a former member of the Arizona Mexican Mafia, also known as the New Mexican Mafia, a US prison gang. He was in and out of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry for 20 years and served time for armed robbery and drug trafficking.

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