Senate bill 418, which aims to protect the privacy rights of incarcerated women, has been signed into law by Governor Kevin ...

John Heckman, of Independence, Missouri, was sentenced after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary and first-degree ...

A small group, most wearing light jackets in the chilly May evening, gathered in prayer outside the Indiana State Prison in ...

If the parole board eventually recommends the brothers for parole, Gov. Gavin Newsom will have 90 days to review the matter.

Among those who were screened and had positive results, 10 percent had not received a documented follow-up appointment, ...

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has partnered with national non-profit Freedom Reads to install 37 Freedom Libraries ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' parole board has reversed its decision to release a man convicted of a state Highway Patrol ...

Indictments for healthcare fraud have been brought against one current and two former Rikers Island officers, who allegedly faked injuries to claim nearly $1 million in workers' comp.

The No Slavery in New York Act would codify a ban on slavery for every New Yorker, including the incarcerated, countering the ...

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted ...

Wisconsin Statute 301.46(2m) authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of the release of a sex offender to ...

A death row inmate who was convicted in the killing of an Indiana police officer in 2000 was executed on Tuesday morning.