Cambria County Prison inmates now have a new virtual system to access public defender services, with additional options on the horizon, officials said. Cambria County Prison Warden ...

Correctional Service Canada plans to cut library technicians and employment co-ordinator positions in federal penitentiaries, ...

Ariah Rivera, 22, of Hobart, was charged Tuesday with three counts of sexual misconduct and one misdemeanor count of trafficking with an inmate.

Cedric Allen Ricks, a Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his common-law wife and child, is set to be executed tomorrow.

“Taking advantage of vulnerable people, I think everyone can agree is wrong,” said attorney Robert Abtahi who is trying to raise awareness about the scam.

San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder has requested an audit to ensure that the San Francisco Sheriff's Office is using taxpayer funds "efficiently and dutifully." ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.

Venezuela's former authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro complains about being mistreated from his small cell in the New York City prison he's being held in since his capture in January, according to ...

The man has been in custody for more than a year. His mother said he has limited cognitive capacity and can't care for himself.

Investigators said recordings showed the child being beaten by her boyfriend. Authorities said she was present in the home ...

John Robert Bond, a federal inmate, was sentenced to 57 months for threatening to bomb a Beaumont prison administrator's home.

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 ...