Just 54 people have been freed from prison during the past 15 years through Pennsylvania’s system to release incarcerated ...

Two Philadelphia residents conspired with an inmate to smuggle drug-soaked legal papers into seven Pennsylvania state prisons, according to the Department of Corrections.

A former high-level executive with the Corsa Coal mining company is facing decades in federal prison after he was recently convicted for his role in an internat ...

A Liberian man is facing deportation proceedings after authorities say he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen while working for the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned — only to be taken straight into immigration custody — was denied bail Tuesday while he ...

A man found unresponsive Monday in his SCI Camp Hill cell died by suicide, the second such death at the prison in three weeks. Reginald Hale, 55, died by hanging, according to Cumberland County ...

Authorities say Morris Brown masqueraded as a U.S. citizen to join the National Guard and work as a prison guard before being caught in Operation Twin Shield.

A 26-year-old Nigerian national, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, has been extradited to the United States to face federal charges over his alleged role in a sexual extortion scheme that led to the death of a ...

Raymond and Anna Wakeman had returned from dinner early on a Saturday night and were relaxing on the couch with their two ...

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A CBS News analysis found 126 cases that were brought by federal prosecutors last year arising out of threats to public officials.