Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they ...

Venezuelans spent months in a Salvadoran prison after being sent there by the U.S. Imprisoned men described torture — and ...

The case, and a new law, had Pottawatomie County District Attorney Adam Panter saying he hopes similar offenders beg for life ...

A former prison officer has been jailed after she was captured on her body-worn video camera performing a sex act on an ...

Marie Scott had been incarcerated since 1973 for felony murder. Gov. Josh Shapiro commuted her life sentence in June.

Shah Powell, 36, was found guilty of kidnapping Jhomiel Brown, holding him hostage in a shed and ripping his front teeth out ...

A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison.

A man has again been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 28-year-old Monique Baugh. Lyndon Wiggins, 40, was ordered on Monday to spend the rest of his days in prison without the possibility ...

Getting arrested is a rite of passage for many actors, and they usually wind up walking free before long. However, these film and TV stars might be behind bars for the rest of their lives. Donald ...

A Copperas Cove man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault of a child, according to the Round Rock Police Department. Round Rock Police said the department began an investigation into ...

Mia Bailey was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of 25 years to life for murder and up to five years for assault on Friday, Dec. 19 COURT TV/Youtube Mia Bailey was sentenced to up to life in ...

Content warning: Discussions of abuse and sexual assault. Over the past year, I've asked both former inmates and people who've worked in corrections to share aspects of prison life that most people ...