Alabama lawmakers are advancing a bill that would put oversight on the state’s parole board. The parole board has garnered ...

When journalist Peter Greste was languishing in a Cairo prison cell, he could little imagine that one day, Richard Roxburgh ...

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations ...

“Proposed as Taylor’s Law, this regulation would mandate employers to protect their employees with safety barriers such as ...

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000 ...

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

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

Lawyers for the prisoner alleged his eye “slowly, painfully died inside his head” after “botched eye surgery.” ...

Cordel Ladon Battle was found with sustained sharp force injuries during a reported assault, according to the Jefferson ...

An Alabama prison inmate was fatally stabbed inside William Donaldson Correctional Facility in west Jefferson County. The ...

Husain Al Kawwaz was indicted in August in U.S. District Court in Detroit and has been in custody of U.S. Marshals since.