If you go to jail, you probably expect to spend a whole lot of time being told what to do. For a group of inmates at the ...

As Venezuela’s interim authorities began to release political prisoners, some of their families raced to the notorious prison ...

Cuyahoga County’s withdrawal and recovery pod is helping inmates detox safely, build community and leave with a real chance ...

A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

Back in 2015, when Trump had begun his presidential campaign, Webster hadn’t taken him seriously, because he “said some crazy ...

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between ...

CALHOUN COUNTY, Ga. — Federal officials and the Newton County Sheriff’s Office worked together to stop what they call a major drug trafficking network from operating out of a state prison. The U.S.

A Pennsylvania inmate who had been convicted on child rape charges died in his prison cell over the weekend. According to a press release from John Sawtelle, superintendent of the State Correctional ...

Brandon Lee, who has been in prison since 2015 for murdering his mother and his girlfriend, has died. File photo Editor’s note: This story contains reporting about suicides, a topic that will be ...

George Legere, 77, was already serving a 25-year prison sentence related to a kidnapping case when he was charged in connection with the 1973 killing of Janet Couture East Hartford Police Dept. A man ...

A 31-year-old Cumberland County man was charged with arson and related charges after police say he started a fire inside his cell at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill last week. Police ...

A 20-year-old Maryland man will spend time behind bars after he was caught making explosive devices in his basement apartment, authorities announced. John Timothy Lightfield has been sentenced to ...