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 ...

A new book is spotlighting the stories of Bronx youth and their journeys through abuse, foster care and incarceration into lives of self determination and freedom. The book, “The Bronx Writes Back: ...

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.

The gate of Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran is hit in a suspected Israeli strike, Iranian state television says.

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 ...

Kevin Ray James has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for his role in the 1997 killing of bank teller Monica Leech, after nearly three decades of the case remaining unsolved due to advan… ...

Acting US Attorney Joseph Thompson gave a rundown of the six federal charges against Boelter at a press conference Monday morning, stemming from Sunday’s ambush attack of the Minnesota lawmak… ...

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says all three bids to build a new state prison would stay within its budget parameters.

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation.