A man whose gambling addiction landed him in prison has become a social media star in Germany with an unusual campaign ...

Nonprofit organizations and government workers gathered Thursday for one common goal: Keeping formerly incarcerated people from going back to jail. For the past five years, ‘The Building Bridges ...

BRASILIA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - On paper, former President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to prison until the age of 97.

Sean "Diddy" Combs appeared in court again Thursday, one week before he was scheduled to be sentenced for his July conviction on two prostitution-related charges.

Numbers out of the Justice Department show that most suicides in jail happen shortly after booking — nearly half of them ...

A former Albany gang member who spent time in prison is hoping to use his experience to keep teens from making his same ...

As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark on a $38 million pilot project to figure out how to keep their prison cells cool.

Encouraged by Trump, some lawmakers are championing cash bail, undercutting reforms that advocates say made the system fairer ...

Nikki McMahon had been given conditional discharges, a community order and a suspended sentence in the past in a bid to help ...