On june 9th, 1830, two Dublin sawyers, Thomas Mellon and Michael Byrne, were executed at the city's Newgate Prison for the murder of another sawyer, Thomas Hanlon, in Thomas Street on September ...

The Tyburn Tree In 1571, a most extraordinary gallows was erected at Tyburn. Known as the ‘Tyburn Tree’, the gallows consisted of a horizontal wooden triangle supported on three legs and were used for ...

Israel’s military struck entrances to the detention facility in Tehran, where dissidents and political prisoners are held. Human rights groups say the prison is a symbol of repression.

Jamaican dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel is finally free after more than a decade in prison. He spoke with us exclusively about his life and career ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, reported to prison Monday to begin his 57-month sentence, his attorney, Michael Freedman, confirmed to The Athletic.

Three more of the 10 inmates who busted out of a New Orleans facility in a high-profile jailbreak were recaptured in two different states, authorities said on May 26. Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate ...

Menendez was spotted out with his wife hours before the ex-senator is expected to report to a Pennsylvania federal prison to begin serving an 11-year sentence for bribery and corruption.

Menendez will report to federal prison Tuesday morning to begin his 11-year prison sentence after being convicted on bribery and corruption charges.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The gate of Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran is hit in a suspected Israeli strike, Iranian state television says.

A Massachusetts Level 3 sex offender who was convicted of kidnapping a 14-year-old boy at gunpoint and assaulting him has been sentenced to prison.

A federal judge sentenced an ex-New York police officer to 18 months in prison over his 2023 conviction for acting as an illegal agent for the People's Republic of China, the Justice Department ...

On Monday, the corrections department said two Lincoln-based construction firms and one Papillion company submitted bids to build the facility to replace the Nebraska State Penitentiary.