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

A Bronx man was freed after spending over two decades in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, but now he may have to ...

An explosion outside the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador's most dangerous prison, left one guard dead and two injured on ...

Martez Willearl Jefferson previously pleaded guilty in a shooting that permanently disabled 15-year-old Christian Savage.

Separately, a detainee at the Wyatt Detention Center admitted he participated in a conspiracy to possess and distribute ...

A Roxbury woman was sentenced to 8 to 11 years in state prison Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to stabbing four strangers at a Dorchester hotel in 2023, officials said.

Prosecutors said James LaForte was a Par Funding "attack dog" who threatened people on behalf of the company, which was run ...

Ten men who were in custody at MacLaren Youth Correctional Center between 2000 and 2007 said complaints about the doctor made ...

Federal officials say Ricardo Georges, a 35-year-old Stamford man, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for possessing a ...

A Colorado dentist of more than 20 years flew to PBIA last year to pursue his illicit fantasy. One problem: The 'mom' was a ...

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