The number of inmates in state custody has gone up by about 2,000 in the two years since the Louisiana Legislature passed a ...

York County District Attorney Tim Barker recounted the series of events that led to the death of a 39-year-old man while in ...

Police say an officer, inmate and third suspect ran a drug smuggling operation inside Wilmington’s Howard Young prison from ...

"He said he stabbed her, and said they'll never find her." Stanko's old cellmate told jurors on Monday.

California's elder parole law, which allows criminals aged 50 and older to be considered for early release, is under scrutiny ...

A state prison inmate was sentenced this week to 70 years to life in prison for attempting to murder a correctional officer during an attack at Salinas Valley State Prison, the Monterey ...

Police said Erik Guenther, 61, died in the hospital two days after being found unresponsive in his prison cell, according to ...

California's elder parole law, which considers convicts aged 50 and older as elderly, is facing criticism as it allows some ...

District Attorney Tim Barker released the details of a 154-page report by a York County investigating grand jury into the ...

An inmate who escaped from a Georgia jail was captured roughly 12 hours after he was reported missing.

HB71 in response to allegations deceased inmates were released to their families without their organs.

A man convicted of killing Kiplyn Davis in 1995 is scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday after serving his full sentence. But he still refuses to reveal the location of her remains.