John Owens threw a tantrum inside the Ross County jail. He had burglarized the Central Barbar Shop several weeks before, ...

Labelled the "Mad Axeman" for holding an elderly couple at axe-point, Frank Mitchell was condemned to life at HMP Dartmoor.

Labelled the "Mad Axeman" for holding an elderly couple at axe-point, Frank Mitchell was condemned to life at HMP Dartmoor.

Assemblymember Damon Connolly and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins have announced a bill intended to improve ...

Nevada prosecutors say 20 people in all have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in Nevada ...

The penal systems in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are internationally known for their focus on rehabilitation and reintegration ...

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Cleodious “J.R.” Schoffner Jr. hadn't killed anyone when he was put away at age 20 as an accomplice to a 1997 murder. He got a life sentence without possibility of parole. That wouldn't happen today.

The track is available now via digital outlets, and is accompanied by a video that finds the “Beggin'” rocker being sent to an Italian prison. You can watch that ... David launched his solo career in ...

Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch & Rabbi Eyal SalmanJCC Chabad Jewish Community of Kiev "How can Jewish life be maintained behind bars during wartime ... of the Israel Prison Service (IPS) in ...

Full-throated support from South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden may not be enough to change the minds of skeptical lawmakers on a controversial plan to build an $825 million, 1,500-bed men’s prison south of ...