Jimmie Duncan was released on bond in Louisiana after evidence used to convict him in the murder of his former girlfriend's ...

Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the ...

Fatal stabbing near Times Square: A 22-year-old man from Rhode Island was stabbed at about 1 a.m. at the corner of West 49th ...

The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island is closing due to crumbling underground tunnels and other infrastructure ...

Sean Combs, sentenced to four years in prison for prostitution-related convictions, could be released on May 8, 2028 ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs will be having a much different Thanksgiving in prison. The music mogul, known for his elaborate parties, ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to ...

An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m.

"Inmates would always say if the public ever found out what the women's federal penitentiary was all about, there would be a ...

A Louisiana inmate who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail after his conviction was overturned.

The Justice Department has so far transferred 10 of 37 former death row inmates to the nation's 'supermax' prison, and it ...