Father Raffaele Grimaldi said the Holy Father knows “that those who have made mistakes need us to give them a hand so that ...

Texas lawmakers push over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, potentially leading to overcrowding of state's jails and prisons.

Secretary of Corrections Laurel Harry said Monday that her department is planning to grow the program from the current unit ...

An Odessa resident has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison for sexually abusing two children under the age of 13. Marcel Veilleux, 67, received the maximum sentence on multiple charges, ...

New contract offer would create a committee to determine whether certain provisions of a law that regulates solitary ...

Indonesian law enforcement have jailed and fined a trans TikToker under the country’s strict blasphemy laws. Her crime: ...

New York corrections officials are offering striking prison guards a deal to return to work. The commissioner of the state ...

Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, expects a bill that centers on power generation to move through the Senate soon. He also ...

Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...

Frank Drew spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit ... After several hours of interrogation, detectives ...

One of its five housing units is a four-tiered leftover from the original Jackson State Prison, with sliding barred doors.