The death of an inmate at the Vivian jail last August has raised questions about how facilities screen and monitor inmates ...

She attained habitual felon status after pleading guilty to multiple charges.

A routine security check at the Portage County Jail in Ravenna turned fatal when staff found a 42-year-old inmate ...

Billionaire heiress Paris Hilton was thrown in jail for violating her probation from a 2006 DUI arrest. In 2007, Paris ...

Connecticut's correctional ombudsman is calling for greater scrutiny of staff after contraband was found in a state prison.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended closing the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad to help California reduce its corrections spending. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com ...

Mr. Sittenfeld is a freelance writer working on a memoir. On my second day into my 16-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland, Ky., I surprised myself by doing something that ...

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Two men, including a North Attleboro resident, have been sentenced to prison for fraudulently depositing checks stolen from the mail, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts announced ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Two Massachusetts men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme involving stolen mail and fraudulent check deposits. According to federal authorities, Imanol ...

Some North Carolina Republicans say that the man accused of killing a woman on a Charlotte commuter train last year was released from prison early as part of a 2021 COVID-era settlement between civil ...