An inmate who escaped the Craven County Jail in North Carolina over the weekend has a criminal history and previously has tried to flee police, officials say.

I believe the people who have done the worst things never judge themselves by their most heinous acts but by their occasional ...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces the possibility of a long prison term when he is sentenced Wednesday for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.

Donald Trump has proposed deporting repeat offenders to foreign countries as a cost-saving strategy to reduce prison expenses ...

Ver claims that the IRS is persecuting him for his years of advocating Bitcoin as a means of avoiding government intervention ...

President Donald Trump signs executive order for mass deportation to ensue, while dissolving previous ban on private prisons.

Trump's remarks come amid a crackdown on illegal immigration and executive orders that have paved the way for mass deportations.

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

Texas inmate Cesar Hernandez details the execution day for Ramiro Gonzales in an essay for the Prison Journalism Project.