Ohio dad Avery Mapes, 23, was sentenced to 60 days in jail after allegedly hitting his 6-month-old baby in the face during a ...

The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement ...

The lawsuit alleged "systemic mistreatment" of inmates, including torture in some cases, when they were placed in solitary ...

Bills in the House and Senate would both add criminal penalties for those caught sleeping on public property in Indiana.

Having had three brushes with the law over the years, Sean has proved he is the real life Bad Boy (pictured with Esai Morales ...

Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they ...

The following court information includes marriage licenses, domestic cases filed, criminal judgments, felony cases bound over ...

Additional problems include at least one nonfunctioning shower, gravel found inside drainpipes, peeling paint, and limited ...

Thousands of prisoners in California go before the Board of Parole Hearings each year in hopes of a chance at freedom.

A man tried to discreetly pass a drug package to a serving inmate during a Durham Prison visit, using an opened packet of biscuits as a ruse ...

A St. Paul, Minnesota, man who pleaded guilty to repeatedly assaulting​ a woman at his apartment last year had his prison ...