A new state policy that bans prison inmates from receiving hardback books and used books will curb contrabands that enter into facilities, according to state officials, but advocates and some inmates ...

The founder of Rize Sweet Rolls went from making pastries in a halfway house kitchen to supplying Utah grocers and employing fellow former inmates ...

The Venezuelan illegal immigrant accused of killing Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman was caught with a weapon down his pants inside the Chicago prison where he awaits his murder trial.

Montana’s only women’s prison is holding 246 inmates out of a capacity of 250, and now a new survey effort is trying to identify women who have ...

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that execution by nitrogen gas does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the ...

The jury in the trial of two prisoners accused of murdering paedophile Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been discharged ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his latest mission to assuage nervous U.S. allies in Europe about the Trump ...

If you are one of the millions of Americans hitting the road during the Memorial Day weekend, you may want to plan carefully ...

BBQ pitmaster & founder of Meat Church BBQ Matt Pittman cooks famous jailhouse chili known for its bold, hearty, and ...

A former federal prison employee awaits sentencing after he was found guilty of sexually abusing two inmates. Danny Spyker, 42, of Lanark, was found guilty of two counts knowingly engaging in sexual ...

A late-night walkaway from the Monroe Correctional Complex has turned into a full-blown manhunt, as law enforcement and the Washington State Department of Corrections scour the Monroe area for an ...