Harris County Jail was cited for failing safety checks and inspections after three inmates died last month, highlighting ...

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The Branch Museum of Design is helping host an art exhibit that benefits a recovery program for those recently released from jail.

Jorge Navarro, who bragged he was the "Juice Man" in the world of Thoroughbred racing, was released from a Miami prison June 18.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) has signed an intent to award Hausmann Construction to build a new prison.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a $1.7 million payment to Sidney Holmes, a Broward man who was once sentenced to 400 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of serving as the getaway driver in… ...

TEHRAN - Israel’s military on June 23 targeted Iran’s Evin prison , a notorious detention facility in Tehran, the capital, where dissidents and political prisoners are held. The detention ...

NEW LAW Named after a man's heartbreaking story, the Tristin Murphy Act will reform how mentally ill people are treated in the criminal justice system.

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

Racketeering conspiracy carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison. The sex trafficking charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life.

The new law aims to reform how mentally ill people are treated within the criminal justice system by providing them with the care and resources they need.