Alabama’s prison system has been in the federal crosshairs for years, and as the latest lawsuit from the Department of Justice moves towards trial next spring, many are wondering why not much has ...

After a court tossed out the confession, a California man pleaded down from a murder charge to voluntary manslaughter for ...

Italy unveiled its first sex room for prisoners, after a court ruling that said those who are locked up have a right to “intimate meetings.” ...

A Sacramento man was sentenced on Tuesday, more than four years after he killed a 16-month-old girl and abused her 3-year-old ...

This story is part of Project Extreme, a yearlong examination into the rise of extremism in New Jersey and its permeation into everyday life. The project is supported in part by a grant from The John ...

Italy's first-ever sex room for prisoners went into operation on Friday, when an inmate was allowed a visit from his female partner in a special facility at a jail in the central Umbria region.

The Salvadoran prison, where Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held, keeps inmates tightly confined with little hope of release ...

A federal judge in Maryland will order sworn testimony by Trump officials to determine if they complied with her orders to ...

Asaad Shlash, Hassan Abd Alrahman, Faraj Birkdar and Haitham Alkatreb served long jail terms in the 1990s. Students and ...

Three American women who were discovered dead in a Belize resort hotel room last month died from carbon monoxide poisoning, their families said. A joint statement this week from their families ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy. Seventeen ...

It was just a few sentences in a meandering, hourlong presidential speech on a Friday afternoon. Along with talk about falling egg prices and a vow to expel “corrupt forces” from the U.S ...