Two employees at the state’s maximum security prison in Fort Madison were stabbed 16 days ago and state officials today announced two inmates have been charged with attempted murder.

Cain Velasquez, the former UFC mixed-martial arts champion who fought out of San Jose, was paroled from prison Sunday — less than a year after being sentenced for an attempted murder conviction for ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Workers and inmates at Coastal State Prison are reporting what they call a human rights crisis, echoing findings from a federal investigation into Georgia’s prison system. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three inmates at California State Prison in the Antelope Valley have been placed in restrictive housing after a fourth inmate died ...

Women hoping to visit their loved ones at New York prisons are being turned away after scanners pick up what they say are menstrual products. Some have had their visitation rights suspended. By Wesley ...

The authorities said the man, George Zinn, tried to derail their search for Mr. Kirk’s actual killer. He faces up to 15 years in prison on obstruction of justice and other charges. By Hannah Ziegler ...

There was a time when Daeqwon Currie thought he’d never kick heroin. “I had a friend shoot me up the first time,” said Currie, 36, of Wilson. “I was scared I’d do it myself. And that was the moment ...

Two California parents from hell were sentenced to life behind bars Monday on charges they chopped off the heads of their two elder kids and forced their younger siblings to stare at their lifeless ...

The Civil War isn’t what it used to be. Instead of the romantic version, a “good war” of courage and glory, that emerged in the conflict’s immediate aftermath, or the post-civil-rights-era emphasis on ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — The Hancock County Sheriff's Office prevented contraband items, including $1,000, from being dropped to the Hancock State Prison on Thursday. The sheriff's office said in a ...

Grab a lead, fall behind and finally rally to win, 72-66. For Robert Morris, it happened that way earlier in the week, and it happened that way Saturday. Almost to a tee. DeSean Goode scored 24 points ...

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to a ruling by the city's High Court on Monday. The 78-year-old has been in detention for more than ...