Ronald Latney used to believe his vote didn’t matter. But after returning to jail this year, he realized the difference it ...

Catastrophic flooding caused by a broken dam brought down the walls of a prison in Nigeria, allowing 281 inmates to escape, ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing ...

Every year, more than 30,000 people are released from California state prisons. In recent years, the corrections department has spent about $5 million a year in gate money allowances, according to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday bringing back tough criminal penalties targeting large-scale stealing ...

Attorneys in the case of Anton Paris will return to court Nov. 15 to determine whether the district attorney will continue to ...

Christina Cardenas was making a four-hour drive to see her husband, an inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. Now, she just won a $5.6 million lawsuit for ...

The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried ...

California’s state prison agency will pay millions to the wife of a inmate who was subjected to an invasive search of her ...

Authorities in Liberia say that dozens of inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison outside the country's capital over the weekend ...

"Another four inmates - adds De Fazio in a note - managed to climb over the perimeter wall, but after hours of searching they were all found within the perimeter that delimits the prison and other ...

The incident occurred at California State Prison, Sacramento, where Yandell is being housed while awaiting sentencing in a federal racketeering case. Richmond native Ronald Dean Yandell is on the ...