Two more former prison guards have been charged with sexually abusing female inmates at a federal prison in Dublin which became known as "the rape club," authorities announced Thursday.

The former general manager of the Foundry in Manchester has been sentenced to prison for stealing from the business.

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

A Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards asked the Supreme Court to let him sue for damages.

Eleven former executives of companies linked to Miteni SpA were sentenced to a combined 141 years in prison by an Italian court for one of the largest groundwater contaminations of forever ...

The idea that Franco somehow escaped prison time for dating a 14-year-old while sending money to her mother is astonishing and not likely to be so easily dismissed by MLB officials who will ...

US Marine sentenced to 7 years in prison for sexual assault in Japan The sexual assault case is the latest to strain relations between residents of Japan's Okinawa Islands and U.S. servicemembers.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Project Prison Reset task force could have two more sites to consider for a possible new men’s prison. The two new possible sites are in nort… ...

Staffers in Washington's only women's prison repeatedly used excessive force, according to a report from the state's Office of the Corrections Ombuds.

“This is our groundbreaking ceremony for our 3rd and 5th Avenue sewer separation project,” said Brian Bracey, executive director of the Huntington Water Quality Board.

In a news conference Tuesday, Jackley announced 24 inmates have been indicted on charges in connection to May 27 fights at the State Penitentiary that left 14 inmates injured. One of those inmates ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a religious rights case involving a Rastafarian man in its next term, which begins in October.