Los Angeles County's district attorney isn't pulling any punches when it comes to lawbreakers, saying he'll go after everyone ...

As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden drafted the Senate version of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement ...

An Abuja magistrates' court sitting in Gwagwalada has ordered the remand of two lovers, Mohammed Nazifi and Bilkisu Ibrahim, at the Suleja Correctional Centre, pending sentencing on January 29, after ...

As the DOC asks for a 1.7% budget increase, the agency and its leader are the target of legislation intended to spotlight ...

Proponents say Senate Bill 2128 would promote public safety and deter crime. Opponents argue it would crowd prisons at a ...

A Kentucky man who shot at Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg when he was a candidate in 2022 has been sentenced to 17 years ...

A former inmate has filed an excessive use of force lawsuit against Clark County, alleging he was slammed into his bunk by ...

The North Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony Wednesday over a bill that would increase mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenders.

Leslie E. Davis, convicted in 1989, has been approved for parole in NC, set for release in 2025 under MAPP, applicable due to ...

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

Four Green Hill School inmates appeared virtually before the Washington state Senate Committee on Human Services and the ...

Sources in the central probe agency said that it would seek death sentence since the case was the "rarest of the rare" cases.