Prisoners are being sent back to jail by the probation service because it's the "easiest thing to do", rather than solely for public protection, the chief inspector of probation has told Sky News.

Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui correctional center on what he called “Freedom Friday” thanks to new DNA ...

SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A routine search by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office at the county jail led to the discovery of fentanyl in the medical housing unit on Tuesday, the agency said.

An early morning prison search on Friday produced a number of banned items, such as a smart watch, but no mobile phones were found, the prison administration said on Friday afternoon.

The professor that will be in charge of that new program, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, is a decorated author and activist who has penned more than a dozen books, including bestseller "How to Be an Antiracist." ...

Most of us have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding racism in America. These books about racism can help you gain further insight and become a true ally and anti-racist.

ATCHISON, Kan. (WIBW) - A Benedictine College student ended up in jail following a weekend prank on the Atchison campus, KAIR Radio reports. In the incident, a 20-year-old Benedictine College ...

Six prison workers in New York were indicted on murder charges Thursday in connection with the death of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed. Robert Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man ...

A group of civil rights activists and supporters of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign gathered outside Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday night, chanting slogans against capital ...

RIGBY — A man tried burning down a local jail, The Rigby Star reported on Feb. 19, 1914. A man, who went by the name “Emerson,” was taken to the village jail by Marshal Coucher after he ...

This is the third of a four-part series detailing the chase to catch the man who infiltrated a jail under construction in Nashville. The plan to catch Einstein fell apart almost immediately.