The law allows female heads of households to serve their sentences outside of prison, in exchange for unpaid community ...

Cameron M. Smith, 50, a Canadian who wanted to bring more attention to climate change, was also ordered to pay $2.1 million ...

Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son, was injured Sunday at a state prison during an ...

An Indiana judge is mandating sex reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate, extending the ongoing legal challenge to a ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts ...

The strike that paralyzed New York prisons for three weeks ended with most workers returning to their jobs and the state ...

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that ...

More than 2,000 NY correction officers who are being terminated after striking are being prohibited from working for a state ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has barred prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job from being hired for ...

John Leake, 43, of Plano, Texas, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. He played for the Tigers from 2000 to ...

Byron Frazier, 32, was convicted last year of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, armed violence, and armed ...

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