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

Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences were introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012. But the law wasn't ...

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An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...

Despite pushback from her parents, the man's teenage victim asked a judge to spare him from prison: 'Mr. Scionti is by no ...

Exclusive: Prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms continuing to take their own lives, say campaigners, as government ...

Curtis Esters is facing meth dealing charges, after an investigation that included controlled buys dating back to September ...

The new boss of the State’s prisons has declared jail romances “will not be tolerated” as five prison officers are suspended ...

A Florida convicted felon was recently arrested after he allegedly drove around with a gun and said he would "have a shootout ...

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

Harry Fomby, 54, was accused of smuggling deadly drugs into Gwinnett County Jail, leading to two fatal overdoses.

An Adamsburg man accused of involvement in a drive-by shooting this month was charged Friday on state police accusations that ...