The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the ...

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.

The college student accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership in Kansas City faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

The second-to-last of 10 escapees from a New Orleans jailbreak last month has been recaptured after six weeks on the run, authorities said Friday.

A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sent grieving families fake ashes received the maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison on Friday.

The families of three inmates who died in 2023 are suing the department in federal court, claiming their loved ones died due to a lack of air conditioning in prisons.

A man who committed a string of robberies at 7-Elevens in Salt Lake County was sentenced to almost five years in prison.

Shanteari Weems, a Maryland daycare owner who shot her husband in Washington, D.C. in July 2022 over allegations of child sex abuse, is out of prison.

After losing his son in a private prison, Tim Leeper fought for reform, and Tennessee lawmakers listened. Now, private prisons with high death rates will face consequences.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 prisons because of a statewide surge in violence.

Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.

From reality TV to prison to a presidential pardon: Weeks after President Donald Trump signed off on their release, Todd and Julie Chrisley filmed an interview with his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump ...