Two government-commissioned publications, the Corston Report (2007) and the Ministry of Justice’s Female Offender Strategy ...

The threats received by the judge and court staff follow a pattern of public officials facing a surge of harassment and ...

Stateville prison’s notorious history is recalled as the state prepares to tear down the century-old facility and rebuild.

Erik Menendez's wife, Tammi Saccoman, was photographed during a rare sighting in Las Vegas as Erik and his brother Lyle seek ...

An Idaho man who prosecutors said ambushed and shot correctional officers at a Boise hospital in a plot to help a fellow ...

Judge chided Deonte Dent for his "cavalier response" to the circumstances that landed him in court for attempted murder ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a plethora of rules, dating back to the colonial era, across state prison manuals ...

Austin man Leandro Brito-Martinez received an 80-year prison sentence for the murder of a 14-year-old boy trying to cross the ...

Prosecutors say Alejandro Ventura-Santos pocketed at least $1 million from using a Hilltop store as a front to launder ...

A rural Colorado county courthouse has beefed up security after threats were made against courthouse staff and a judge.

One of eight guards charged in the deaths of two inmates at a troubled maximum security prison in Wisconsin has pleaded no ...

A select group of state prison offenders will have an opportunity to go back to school before they are released back into the ...