There is a new effort to help people break the cycle of going to jail for repeat drug and alcohol related offenses. This is ...

According to the Hays County District ... returned a sentence of 17 years in prison for the sexual assault conviction and a maximum sentence of two years state jail for the invasive visual ...

Josh Shapiro’s administration about the proposed closure of Rockview state prison. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections scheduled a public hearing for 5-7 p.m. April 15 at Bald Eagle Area ...

The order prohibits local governments from hiring the more than 2,000 state corrections officers fired for not meeting a return-to-work deadline after an illegal 22-day strike over working conditions.

The feds say they’re “confident” he’s a paid-up gang member of the violent Venezuelan prison gang. Jerce Reyes Barrios was in the US as a professional soccer player and refugee of ...

A State Department spokesperson said Thursday that Ukraine and Russia are “just a breath away from a full ceasefire” after three years of war. “We are just a breath away from a full ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man in Hays County received a life sentence for murder Tuesday after being found guilty by a jury Jan. 23, according to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office.

Stephanie Dowells, 62, was at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, for an overnight unsupervised visit with her husband, David Brinson, 54, on November 13 when she was killed. Brinson has ...

Kathy Hochul says even though her order expires next month that bars the rehiring of corrections workers involved ... banning them from working for the state or law enforcement.

More states and prison officials must see these searches for what they are: a state-imposed violation that some experience as a form of sexual violence, and that costs states and local governments ...

The Georgia Senate has officially passed three significant bills, altering the state's approach to both medical and recreational cannabis. These bills, one of which passed ahead of Crossover Day ...

CLARKE COUNTY, Ga. — The brother of the man convicted of killing UGA student Laken Riley has been sentenced to prison after admitted he had a fraudulent green card, the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...