N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chad's former Prime Minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic messages ...

Even in California, where prison access to technology and research resources is better than average, students regularly face ...

A convicted rapist who killed a Connecticut visiting nurse at a halfway house has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after ...

Venezuelans make up the largest share of migrants deported to third countries since President Donald Trump returned to the ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. But ...

State law now limits "one-year-to-life" sentences. But many are still suck in prison for very small violations ...

California is closing another state prison. Find out which one, why it's being closed, and how much money the state projects ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How did we get here?