Dequavon D. Scott of Alton was sentenced to 15 years for sexually abusing a child over two years from 2019-21.

A convicted rapist and kidnapper was sentenced to life in prison for a series of crimes against fellow soldiers.Sgt. Greville ...

A small group of reservists from Israel’s elite military intelligence unit joined a call for an immediate return of the hostages in Gaza even if it requires an immediate end to the war ...

I do not believe incarceration should be a picnic. Although there are some people in our state's prison system who shouldn't be there, I'm convinced that the vast majority of them do belong there.

Alton Brown is known for his "Good Eats" TV show. Alton Brown, well-known for his "Good Eats" show on the Food Network and roles with the network’s "Iron Chef America," "Food Network Star," and ...

including passing classified military information to Chinese intelligence. Sun and Liu were sentenced to 47 years and 57 years in prison respectively. The ruling can be appealed. The retrial came ...

Three inmates died at a prison in Tucson on April 4, authorities confirmed. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry said "an altercation" at the Arizona State Prison ...

They said they had been held at least part of the time in Sde Teiman, a military prison camp that has become notorious for abuses of Gaza detainees. One of the freed men, Fayez Ayoub, looked gaunt ...

Men deported by the United States to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison are living in “the same” conditions as convicted gangsters, prison director Belarmino García said on Tuesday ...

Alton J. “Jim” Anderson, 89, of Rossville, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at his home. Alton was born in Albertlea, Mn., on Jan. 26, 1936, but had lived in the Rossville area for many ...

Federal Bureau of Prisons employees face the loss of pay incentives and union representation. Prison employees express concerns about morale, recruitment, and safety due to potential budget cuts ...

So, apart from those legal fights, the fact remains that the U.S. has sent hundreds of people to the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT. For more on the conditions inside that ...