Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner is accused of "fatally stabbing" his parents and faces first-degree murder charges that entail a ...

The mob, armed and organized, forced its way into the jail and opened fire on the inmates inside their cells. Nine prisoners ...

Whole life orders for murders connected to the police, prison or probation officer's current or former duties Whole life order for murders connected ...

Mark "Chopper" Read was a mob enforcer and contract killer who rose to fame after writing a memoir while behind bars.

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The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS ...

As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across the region.

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department, in a September board meeting presentation, showed that Tarrant County commits more youth to its facilities than any other county in the state. According to a ...

QUITO, Ecuador -- Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador's most notorious prisons left 13 inmates dead, ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador's most notorious prisons left 13 inmates dead, authorities said Monday as the country grapples with drug violence and narcotics ...

President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of mass deportations that targeted criminals, among other things, and he has ...

El Salvador’s La Esperanza prison, once controlled by gangs, has been transformed under President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown ...