Three months before the scheduled trial of a man charged with torturing an English bulldog named Reba, a proposed overhaul of the state’s animal cruelty law was introduced on Monday.

A 27-year-old man who sent sexually explicit messages and pictures to a vigilante group pretending to be a young boy has been ...

Adam Dodden, of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, was handed a 12-month prison sentence ... he had collected 1,343 category A images - the most serious - 1,116 category B images and 108,036 category ...

A Kimball man who killed his estranged wife’s cat and told others he had ate the cat has been sentenced to prison. As part of a plea agreement, Eldon B. Lewis, 27, pleaded no contest on Feb. 4 ...

A bill that would add another crime category for a jury to consider when administering the death penalty has passed its ...

The day before state authorities announced plans to restrict inmate movement and revoke visits and other privileges, three ...

A new women’s prison would create about 100 full-time jobs, he said, including nursing and maintenance positions.

A new women’s prison would create about 100 full-time jobs, he said, including nursing and maintenance positions.

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

A Memphis, Tenn., disagreement may have led to a 2024 stabbing death at a South Carolina federal prison. Corderius Johnson, 25, of Memphis, was charged with second-degree murder March 10 in ...

According to Leinbach, the prison board was told these requests for voluntary detainers from ICE happen less than 20 times a year. "A couple of weeks ago our district attorney, John Adams ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...