Two Venezuelans settled in Tampa Bay as asylum seekers. Last month, they were deported to El Salvador. Their families and ...

Nine inmates at the Telford Unit face new charges related to organized criminal activity, according to a TDCJ investigation.

A Sedgwick County District Court judge charged 20-year-old James Chavez with one count of aggravated battery in the April 14 ...

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, ...

The jail in the county northeast of Houston has been out of compliance with the minimum standards of the Texas Commission on ...

Katelin Rey, a paralegal in Raleigh, is accused of using her position to smuggle drugs into three North Carolina prisons via ...

Second Chance Month is a time to recognize the challenges faced by people with criminal records and advocate for meaningful ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an opinion article published by The Hill and written by Brian Hamilton this past week, Hamilton suggested different ways Second ...

Virginia's juvenile justice director is raising questions about how one legislator obtained information about the facility through youth formerly incarcerated there.

The Department of Correctional Services said the death of an inmate at the Mangaung Correctional Centre last month, was not a ...

State officials are ordering the Liberty County Jail to shut down, citing longstanding life-threatening conditions.

Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.