Corrections officers who have been on strike this week at nearly 30 state-run prisons will go to mediation to resolve their ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recommended Friday that a judge reject Erik and Lyle Menendez’s request for a new trial in the 1989 killings of their parents – a petition the ...

Orange County previously agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a claim that the OC Social Services Agency failed to report a ...

An inmate died on Friday, Feb. 21 after an assault by another inmate in a holding cell at the Intake Release Center in Santa ...

A Zionsville man pleaded guilty this week to child molestation and similar crimes and faces 20 to 250 years in prison. John E. Peterson, 54, was due for a jury trial in spring but this week ...

A man who repeatedly violated court restraining orders has been convicted on domestic violence-related charges, the Kern ...

New York governor says state prison guards arrested on murder charges in death of inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.

Perspectives from neighbors, policy analysts and law enforcement show division surrounding plan to build prison in rural ...

The work of Catholic prison ministry has been mostly carried out quietly. So much so, that it has long been thought of as ...

Now, a federal judge has sentenced the woman, 46, to seven years and two months in prison for being a felon in possession of ...

A frequent guest on Fox News and other conservative media, Chad Bianco endeared himself to the right with his open defiance ...

South Dakota's four-year process to address the state's correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men's prison on ...