A correctional officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville was attacked and injured while trying to remove an inmate ...

Circuit Judge Amy Grace Gierhart on Thursday, May 22, sentenced 28-year-old Brian S. Elswick to life in prison without the ...

Jose Marrero, 36, of Woonsocket, displayed his fully-automatic weapons on social media and while driving around Rhode Island, ...

American jail and prison escapes have long captured the public imagination, blending real danger with elements of ingenuity, ...

Orlando Mercado, Steven Roberts Jr., and Maton Wilkins — all employed by the New Jersey Department of Corrections — were ...

Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center ...

A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the ...

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s prison director was sanctioned by the U.S. for secret dealings with MS-13 leaders.

Shannon Lee Smith was sentenced to almost 9 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing another woman's identity to ...

Not just a certificate. Not just a second chance. In Western Mass., this court program is helping young people leave the ...

A former deputy mayor of Los Angeles has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of making a false bomb threat to City ...

A woman who pleaded guilty to her role in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has been sentenced to four years ...