The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is addressing several major challenges amid ongoing ...

A convicted child molester will be released from Missouri prison Friday, despite pleas from the people he molested.

If a woman is pregnant at the time she is sentenced to incarceration, the bill mandates that the court include a term of ...

TULSA, Okla. — Former inmates have served their time but said they're still imprisoned by court fees and fines. Legal Aid ...

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a particular Catholic order.

The Board of Corrections also approved a lease for a ‘Women’s health unit' and expressed concerns about a delay regarding a ...

We have massive numbers in our prisons, and this constitutes an ongoing threat,” the Syrian Democratic Forces commander, Gen.

House committee hears testimony on bills that would strengthen penalties for repeat offenders of domestic violence, and for ...

The two human services buildings — the almshouse and hospital — likely were the fourth and fifth buildings under county watch ...

A bill in the Kentucky legislature would require the state's prisons to designate bathrooms, sleeping quarters and other areas by biological sex.

Sen. Bryan King and a group of Northwest Arkansas residents who oppose the state’s plan to build a 3,000-bed prison in ...

Tabler is set to be executed at 7 p.m. ET, one hour after the 6 p.m. execution of James Dennis Ford in Florida. They're set ...