An Arkansas lawmaker hopes to put a stop to a prison that's planned to be built in Franklin County, asking the state to ...

State Senator Brian King is aiming for a new project aimed at halting Governor Sarah Sanders' controversial prison expansion ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says he supports penalties for corporations that hire undocumented immigrants for cheap labor, as state leaders prepare to assist the federal government in immigration ...

Trevor Averill, 31, of Buckfield faces charges of depraved indifference murder and manslaughter in the death of his infant ...

Former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison following his conviction on ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem is suspected of crimes against humanity including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence as a prison ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

Grist has identified nearly 2 million acres of state trust lands that are reserved for state prison systems in 10 states. In ...

The governor announced a series of reforms after corrections officers brutally beat an inmate in Central New York prison who ...

The death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility has prompted calls by lawmakers in Albany for legislative reforms ...

A January 6 rioter convicted of seditious conspiracy has said he wants the attempted violent insurrection to be remembered as "Patriots Day" by history.

Trump, capping his first day in office, issued blanket pardons for all but a handful of those convicted of crimes related to ...