Among those familiar with his life story, the name Russell “Maroon” Shoatz is synonymous with freedom. His childhood and ...

But the movement was handed an unexpected defeat this year in progressive California, where the failure of a ballot measure explicitly packaged as a ban on forced prison labor has left activists ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank. Zephen Xaver appeared to gulp, but otherwise showed no emotion ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed ...

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, detained at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center on serious charges, is reportedly refusing prison meals over poisoning fears. His gaunt appearance after three ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The housemate of an LGBTQ+ activist in Kenya has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was discovered in a metal box ...

Holiday romances are the stuff of rom-coms and chick-lit — but not for 18-year-old Marcus Fakana, who is facing a one-year prison sentence for his summer fling. The construction apprentice from ...

(CNN) — A Moscow court has on Tuesday sentenced a US citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Gene Spector, who was born in Russia but later ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian real estate entrepreneur, whose killing of a young couple sparked public outrage, has been sentenced to the maximum 31 years in prison. Srey Sina shot ...