A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate is expected to be ...

The biggest funder in support of Prop 36 was Walmart, according to a Los Angeles Times investigation tracking the money on ...

How expansive the pardons would be, including whether they cover those accused of attacking police, will determine the impact ...

Los Angeles County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145 ...

Nat Geo’s new three-part documentary revisits Philip Zimbardo’s controversial saga from 1971, but it leaves a lot of ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison rose to 17, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the goriest prison episode under the ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left at least 15 people dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, authorities said Tuesday. The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of ...

California voters rejected Proposition 6, a measure that would have banned forced labor in jails and prisons. The Associated Press called the race Sunday evening. Prop 6 was failing 46%-54% Monday, ...

Some of Donald Trump's supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago are cheering the president-elect's ...

Traces of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous ...

Voters in the Democratic-run state overwhelmingly approved a measure to impose harsher sentences for crimes and were on their ...