Under pressure from consent decrees, lawsuits and grand jury recommendations, Southern California counties take measures to ...

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office has released video of three inmates escaping the jail. Authorities are on the hunt for ...

A federal judge has ordered Georgia's prison system to provide hormone therapy for transgender inmates. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert says that a state law denying such care violates ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to let Alabama execute convicted murderer Joseph Smith, whose IQ scores were ...

Two inmates accused of violent crimes, including second-degree attempted murder, are on the run after escaping from a ...

A Washoe County judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the family of slain Reno woman Hailey Nieto, bringing an end to the ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy describes his time behind bars in a book released Wednesday. In "Diary of a Prisoner," he recounts his time in prison after being found guilty of ...

The Wolverines coach was terminated Wednesday afternoon before being arrested in connection with an alleged assault in ...

Martha Stewart managed to make the most of her time in prison, baking sweet treats for herself and her fellow inmates with ...

HARTFORD — Connecticut farmers will save millions of dollars a year under new laws set to take effect on January 1 that ...

ICE detained Jorge Amado Hernandez, a Houston resident originally from Honduras, on Nov. 4 during an asylum interview, according to his husband, David Torres. Torres, who is a U.S. citizen, told Chron ...

Six years after firefighter Robert F. Doerr II was gunned down, Larry Richmond Sr. faces trial for murder and conspiracy in ...