California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for ...

Inmates at the D.C. jail emotionally debated against Towson University students, arguing for eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.

Several family members and advocates with loved ones incarcerated in prisons across Illinois told WTTW News that their ...

A group of three firms proposed a public-private partnership to build a new Duval County Jail. The proposal includes a ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

A former prison officer at HMP Swaleside who suffered racist abuse from colleagues has won an employment tribunal. Nigerian-born Uzo Mbonu said he was targeted and ostracised by other officers at ...

“These bills impose a mandatory minimum (prison term) for drug traffickers,” explained one of the bills’ sponsors, Rep. Sarah Lightner, R-Springport, in an interview Friday with Target 8 via ...

The Justice Department sought a more than seven-year prison sentence for Santos, while he asked the court for the minimum sentence of two years. Santos, who represented parts of Long Island and ...

President Donald Trump doubled down this week on his proposal to send American citizens to foreign prisons. “I would love to do that if it were permissible by law,” Trump said in an interview ...

Santos' legal team had argued the 36-year-old should serve no more than the necessary 24-month minimum prison sentence. "What I hope happens tomorrow is that the judge is fair, balanced ...

A Queens man who killed three Long Island friends in 2022 when he crashed while high during a road race could serve the minimum prison sentence, 4½ years, under terms of a plea agreement with ...