Authorities in Congo said they released 600 prisoners in the country’s main prison on Saturday as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons. Justice ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Legendary Chicago City Councilman Ed Burke is just days from his surrender to federal prison. Burke served as a Chicago alderman from 1969 to 2023: a total of 54 years and more than ...

A former death row worker has opened up about the ‘worst thing he's ever experienced’ on the job. Death penalty opponent Bill ...

Investigators confiscated four contraband phones, forensically examined them and interviewed several inmates across the prison system, who denied being involved. After two months, investigators ...

Two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates at a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts, and three others were injured as they responded, a spokesperson said. The ...

Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday — a place that’s been described as “hell on ...

As Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day, it was highly appropriate for the League of Women Voters of Vigo County to ...

The Indiana Supreme Court has set the date for the first state execution in 15 years. WXIN-TV reports the court on Wednesday ...

The overcrowded jail, Wabash Valley Resources and American Rescue Plan Act — or ARPA — funding were among the topics tackled ...

LISBON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Five inmates including a Briton, an Argentinian and a Georgian as well as two Portuguese escaped from the Vale de Judeus high-security prison some 30 km (18 miles ...

The prison population in England and Wales has ... on Friday, the number of inmates has risen by 1,159 since 2 August, the week when the UK riots began, and now stands at 88,521, the highest ...

The award-winning artist posted a video and photos of his visit to the Salem prison on Instagram, showing him singing a cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” and signing autographs ...