Timothy M. O’Shea, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that a 31-year-old Wisconsin ...

Private prison companies in the United States can hardly contain their excitement as the Trump administration moves to revive ...

The release of Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters' has brought renewed attention on Erik and Lyle Menendez's attempts to appeal their ...

Ultimately, the men were released, including at least two illegally detained New Jersey men from deplorable conditions in a Haitian prison. Here is our coverage of the matter. Originally published ...

A contract to reopen a privately owned Newark detention center may be the first in a wave of reopenings of shuttered ...

The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced in Washington to life in prison for helping his father run one of ...

On March 4, 2005, homemaking guru Martha Stewart returned home after serving five months in a federal prison for conspiracy, ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

Federal prosecutors said 53-year-old Shane Millan of Jefferson County pleaded guilty in federal court in Syracuse to two ...

A former tax preparer from Mansfield is headed to federal prison and must repay more than $10 million after pleading guilty ...

As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat ...