Most of us only know what prison life looks like thanks to movies and TV shows — and those tend to exaggerate almost ...

Hampton Roads sheriffs say handling people with serious mental health issues is one of the greatest challenges deputies face in operating a local jail.

Escaped inmate Gavin Garnica was captured late Friday night along I-10 west of Lafayette, Louisiana, after a two-day manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies.

A drug dealer who was caught red-handed by county lines investigators in Birkenhead previously served 20 years in an American ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to let Alabama execute convicted murderer Joseph Smith, whose IQ scores were ...

The police in the Zambezi region are searching for seven trial-awaiting inmates who escaped from the Ngoma Police Station holding cells on Sunday.

A corrections officer assaulted by inmate at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers on Monday was treated and released from the hospital according to officials. Officials said at 3:20 p.m., a ...

Investigators said the man initially gave deputies false information about his identity and claimed he had only gone into the ...

Homestead tax treatment claimed by Gov. Greg Gianforte for his longtime Bozeman property requires owners to occupy the property as a “principal residence.” The Montana Constitution requires governors ...

A prosecutor told jurors Monday that a Wisconsin judge said she would “take the heat” for directing an immigrant to dash ...

A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed ...