A former NFL linebacker was arrested on Thursday and charged with assaulting law enforcement during the January 6, 2021, ...

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

Guard was escorting the convicted murderer back to his cell when the inmate turned on him, prison officials said.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Prosecutors recommended an 18-month prison sentence ... when they searched his California home in June 2021. More than 1,500 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related federal crimes.

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

Zachary Alam was one of the first rioters sentenced since this week’s electoral victory by President-elect Donald Trump.