Italy may release up to around 10,000 people from prison, or about 15% of the total population of inmates, to ease ...

One of the most important monuments in the history of Rome is certainly the Mamertine prison, where Christian hagiography claims the apostles Peter and Paul were imprisoned in the Neronian era.

Ex Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno, currently serving a short term for influence peddling and illegal party funding, on Friday urged Italy's politicians to visit Italy's jails and see for themselves the ...

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 ...

The second-to-last of 10 escapees from a New Orleans jailbreak last month has been recaptured after six weeks on the run, authorities said Friday.

John Veltre, who is serving two life prison sentences, was 16 when he was convicted for the 1973 murder of two children and rape of their mother in Monessen. Veltre was resentenced on Friday to ...

Two smugglers convicted of federal charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022 were sentenced to decades in prison on ...

A man who was armed with a samurai sword when he murdered a London boy on his way to school has been sentenced to life in prison.

SAN ANTONIO - Two men were handed lengthy prison sentences Friday for their roles in a tragic 2022 human smuggling operation in San Antonio that left 54 people dead inside a sealed tractor-trailer.

A Missouri woman who formerly worked as a prison nurse reached a plea agreement in connection to her husband's poisoning death after evidence surfaced that she was having an affair with an inmate.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a Nevada inmate who died in custody after he was pepper-sprayed, shackled and restrained is disputing the official account of his death in a coroner’s report while also ...