Police said Leroy Franklin Nickols has two convictions for assault and one for rape before he was charged with kidnapping a ...

Attorneys for Blair County and several county officials are urging a federal judge to dismiss civil rights claims filed by ...

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ...

The state Department of Correction is seeing "recurring failures" affecting conditions of confinement, including unsanitary ...

A federal jury awarded $250,000 to a group of former DeKalb County jailers who faced repeated sexual harassment by the ...

Two sides blame each other for release of inmates, as Syria’s president looks to gain control of north-east ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil ...

The inmate at a Jackson-area prison reported the sexual relationship and said the experience has destroyed his trust in ...

Authorities are searching for Hannah Marie Davis, a 21-year-old with the mental capacity of a 10-year-old, who is believed to ...

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating an autistic woman who may be in danger.Hannah ...

The son of Norway's crown princess, who goes on trial in February accused of raping four women, has been charged with new ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are set to merge into the Syrian army after suffering major setbacks. Over the ...