The day before state authorities announced plans to restrict inmate movement and revoke visits and other privileges, three ...

At least 52 inmates escaped from an overcrowded prison in the westernmost Aceh province of Indonesia after breaking through ...

Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son, was injured Sunday at a state prison during an ...

A state inmate was handed an additional term of 25 years to life for sexually assaulting a prison nurse, prosecutors said Friday. Tyrone Owens, 41, was walking in a yard at Salinas Valley State Prison ...

Nevada prosecutors say 20 people have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in eastern Nevada ...

One woman was tutoring other former inmates in a post-prison program, helping them get better grades when a staff member ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle ...

Two prominent candidates have already emerged in opposition to Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson's re-election, as her hold ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is no stranger to going against the grain on significant social issues.

After three decades behind bars, Manson family members Atkins, Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten have ...

Deputies are investigating reports of gunshots near Tenaya Elementary School on Friday afternoon, officials said.