Trump’s deal that got migrants shipped to notorious El Salvador prison is only making MS-13 gang stronger: report - Deporting ...

A doctor and nurse with the Department of Corrections violated inmate Nick Mork's rights against cruel and unusual punishment ...

Advocates are still split over the best way to help people who are homeless, as cities enforce public camping bans.

On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

The family of the former military officer denounces cruel punishment, total isolation, and a lack of specialized medical care ...

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

A growing hunger strike is underway in California’s prison system, launched by incarcerated individuals protesting what they ...

Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...

A bill expanding a Delaware process by which prisoners can argue they are rehabilitated and should be released passed a final ...

Judge Mark Fisher dismissed allegations of prosecutorial and juror misconduct leveled by the defense and proceeded to issue ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

Four teens could face more than a decade in prison if hate crime charges are brought after they vandalized "Pride" flags in ...