HAMMOND MAN COULD AVOID PRISON FOR SHOOTING OUTSIDE BAR A Hammond man could avoid prison for shooting outside a bar after an ...

States are building new women's prisons as addiction, tougher sentencing and high recidivism drive rising incarceration.

Sento, a mother of two, was serving a one-year prison sentence until a few days ago. On this International Women’s Day, her time behind bars has come to an end ...

Maxine Carr was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison after trying to protect her murderous boyfriend Ian Huntley ...

A serial rapist whose crimes included a terrifying attack on a Sheffield woman has died in prison in HMP Moorland.

Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

A man who may spend the rest of his life behind bars says it’s where he’s found the most personal freedom. “Seeing gay masculinity presented in context, both through the teenage lens, and the prisoner ...

The Alabama Solution,” a smuggled cellphone chronicle of inmate deaths, sexual abuse and deplorable conditions inside what ...

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to prison for a deadly shooting outside a bar.

Ex-inmate claims Ghislaine Maxwell befriended a convicted murderer in prison while being considered 'the lowest of the low' by fellow inmates at FCI Tallahassee ...

Carmen Mejia, a Honduran immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 scalding death of an infant in her care, was formally declared innocent in an Austin courtroom on Monday. “I’m now ...