The Indiana State Parole Board will hold a clemency hearing on Monday for a man convicted of killing a Beech Grove police ...

McCOOK, Neb. - Red Willow County commissioners approved a full slate of agenda items during Monday morning's regular meeting, including plans for upcoming roadwork and a board appointment, all on 3-0 ...

It’s surely a surprise to precisely no one that Britain’s prisons are in crisis. They have been, on and off, for well over a ...

A bill to expand the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles from three members to five and make other changes to the board narrowly won approval in a House committee on Thursday, putting it one step ...

The parole board said the man had "gained insight" into what led to the killing in the 20+ years since it happened.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood claims the move, which will create 1,400 additional spaces, is necessary to prevent prison ...

The powerful prison syndicate known as the Aryan Brotherhood has moved to expand its reach, testimony and court records show, ...

So many Erie County residents have applied to serve on the volunteer committee advising the Sheriff's Office on jail recommendations that there's actually a competition for seats.

The 76-year-old actor was convicted in a Paris courtroom although he was not present at the time as he was working on a film ...

Three new prisons will be built and new recall measures will be introduced in a bid to manage the jail population ...

The prison — infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it — was known as ...

A former school administrator and convicted sex offender, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month for failing to ...