Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 911 before prison and pardon, has died at 69. Authorities eyeing whether a kitchen job had a role in the 'Devil in the Ozarks' prison escape.

Governor Maura Healey's plan, which is nine times more expensive than a replacement pitched during the tenure of former ...

Staffers in Washington's only women's prison repeatedly used excessive force, according to a report from the state's Office ...

Shimere Shanklin, a formerly incarcerated woman, is opening a home in Rockford to provide stable housing and resources to other women reentering society after prison.

UNION (Hunterdon) – The township is looking to rezone the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility property, the state's only prison for women, which is scheduled to close by 2028, to meet the entirety of the ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: Prosecutors Stepped In as Prison Reform Left Women Behind.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A prisoner accused of beating her cellmate to death at Wisconsin’s women’s prison almost two years ...

A Lynn woman guilty of coercing and enticing women across the Northeast into prostitution was sentenced to prison, United States Attorney Leah Foley’s office said. On Wednesday, Latasha Anderson ...

"This program is really a rebirth for me," said Maricell Vega. "Because I have lost myself, and I've been lost for so long ...

Osman Kavala, the respected Turkish human rights defender, has been behind bars in Istanbul’s Silivri high security jail for ...

Women who were allegedly recorded during strip searches by prison guards' body cameras told Newsweek in exclusive interviews that the mental and emotional aftermath has led to fear, anger and the ...

Nicholas Mangelli was sentenced to two life terms in prison for the fatal stabbings of inmates at California State Prison, Sacramento, also known as New Folsom.