A recurring complaint we hear from police in Dallas is that they arrest dangerous people only to see them released from jail ...

Commercial real estate professionals make ideal volunteer mentors for the Texas-based Prison Entrepreneurship Program, ...

Tyler Wakefield, 27, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a Collin County judge heard "chilling" testimony of his escalating attacks on women.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job were barred ...

A judge followed a jury’s recommendation that Eriese Tisdale be put to death for gunning down Sgt. Gary Morales, 35, on Feb.

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

These days, when he’s on the streets, it’s often with voter registration forms in hand — part of a growing movement of people working to expand the political power of an often-ignored bloc of ...

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards has stretched into a third week, prompting officials to start firing workers ...

Robin Dion "Rocky" Myers, 63, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Ludie Mae ...

Prisoners in Texas can earn credits through working during the week and keeping a clean disciplinary record. Credits could ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is exploring a major overhaul of the prison system in England and Wales, where inmates ...

Inmates have to earn their freedom through good behaviour at penitentiary the Justice Secretary sees as a model for UK ...