Michael Stoney said new early release laws were necessary for staff and inmates at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow ...

Murder cases over drug overdoses are rare. An investigator reported cameras tied two Oklahoma County jail inmates to another ...

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants ...

A thrifter has shared a heartfelt yet unsettling discovery she made during a trip to her local Goodwill.

Court-appointed monitors of Sacramento County jails say a man’s fatal overdose was one of multiple deaths in which deputies ...

Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...

Fort Worth and Lake Worth police release 911 audio and body-camera footage of fatal Jan. 30 encounter with armed man.

Vincent Lemark Burrell was sentenced to nearly 500 years after being found guilty of 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts ...

El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center has been hailed as the nation’s solution to rampant gang violence, but ...

Fentanyl had ruined all their lives — not just those of the people addicted to it. After much debate, Middlebrooks sentenced ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

At least 174 prisoners were tortured and killed inside the prison last ... declared a state of emergency. The mega-prison is capable of holding 40,000 people, with Bukele offering to fill some ...