When film star James Stewart went on location in 1948 at Stateville prison's notorious roundhouse while portraying a Chicago ...

A 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after she murdered her mother and then invited a ...

Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country's main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at ...

New York City’s only federal prison added yet another high-profile musical talent to its inmate roster Wednesday.

Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater, the state's largest prison, is on temporary lockdown after several staff ...

A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Thursday that the Waseca Federal Correctional Institution was ...

A sheriff who participated in the infamous manhunt for escaped inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat in 2015 compared it to ...

Amber Higdon left the 3-week-old puppies trapped in a plastic tote on the side or a road on a day when temps reached 95 ...

Harrison pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm and was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge ...

Inmates at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center attacked and stabbed two corrections officers multiple times Wednesday ...

Nine workers at a Minnesota prison fell ill and were hospitalized after being exposed to unknown synthetic substances ...

Five officers were hurt in stabbings at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on Wednesday ...