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 ...

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 ...

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.

“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.

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

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.

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

Carpentersville officials will have to bury water and sewer lines that were left exposed this spring following a dam removal project last fall. The village said that work could cost more than $3 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is seeking to cancel $500 million for a planned federal prison on a former mine in Eastern Kentucky.

A planned prison for "dangerous criminal immigrants" in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is facing opposition from environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe.

A man convicted of invading Eminem's home in Clinton Township will spend years in prison after he was sentenced in Macomb County.

Jorge Navarro, who bragged he was the "Juice Man" in the world of Thoroughbred racing, was released from a Miami prison June 18.