Iowa lawmakers advance bill to address prison overcrowding ...

Sentencing for a serial rapist convicted on 28 felonies took place Wednesday in Kenton County.

In his first sit-down since his imprisonment for sex crimes, the disgraced Hollywood producer reflects on the past decade ...

The board would hold public hearings and facilitate oversight over the system that has seen prolonged issues, contract violations and complaints.

Homeland Security documents confirm ICE intends to operate a new detention facility in southern Arizona. Protesters aren't happy.

The DOC formalized Earned Incentive Release in its policy effective Feb. 2 after draft policies were reviewed last year by victim groups, county attorneys and community groups. The DOC tested the ...

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver acknowledged that federal charges pending against her since clashing with an immigration officer in Newark last spring haven’t made life as a freshman in Congress any easier.

“The Alabama Solution” reveals stark, rarely seen realities inside Alabama prisons and questions whether the system should ...

School caretaker who killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 was reportedly assaulted with metal bar ...

A 56-year-old man who admitted to murdering four people in two counties will spend the rest of his life in prison. Benjamin Roy Naylor was sentenced by District Judge Blaine P. Cannon to four life ...

A Moraine man was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison after he was found guilty of robbing, repeatedly pistol whipping, ...

An initiative requiring a sentence of life in prison for child trafficking has qualified for Colorado’s November ballot, the secretary of state’s office said. Initiative #108, ...