The Federal Communications Commission will suspend the enforcement of a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and ...

Kristen Bolling, of Sheridan, was sentenced to 376 days in federal prison followed by three years of supervised probation for ...

Arizona prisoner Abelardo Chaparro fought illegal sentence promising nonexistent parole, setting precedent that freed ...

An alleged victim of Johnny Somali has filed a court petition asking for the streamer to be sentenced to the maximum ...

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 ...