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Tasmania Is Promoting Its Convict Heritage

By Larry KnowlesOct 4th 2010 – 1:51PM
John de la Roche / Tourism Tasmania

John de la Roche / Tourism Tasmania

(Oct. 4) -- Tasmania is proud of its convict heritage -- so much so that the official tourism board is promoting travel to landmark prisons around the island as part of a new type of getaway dubbed "convictourism." The Tourism Tasmania promotion comes on the heels of an announcement in July that UNESCO would add five...

Where Is Bernie Madoff Still a Hero? Prison

By Michelle RuizJun 6th 2010 – 4:07PM
Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images

Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images

(June 6) -- Bernard Madoff may wear the same standard-issue khakis as the other inmates at North Carolina's Butner Federal Correctional Complex, but to them, he isn't just prisoner No. 61727-054. The $65 billion Ponzi schemer is considered a hero and a celebrity among fellow convicts, solicited for autographs and business...

Background on convict

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con".

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