Grant Hardin, whose notoriety led to the TV documentary "Devil in the Ozarks," escaped May 25 from prison where he was ...

The Pennsylvania System came up with the idea of solitary confinement. The goal was to have prisoners contemplate their ...

Art museum’s ‘Head to Toe’ exhibit shines light on African and Asian lives, through wearable art The PMA’s new exhibit features wearable art […] ...

Dozens of people — friends and family of prison inmates — peacefully protested for prison reform near the South Dakota State ...

A human rights group says a Belarusian man has died in prison while serving a prison sentence for insulting the country’s authoritarian president. The Viasna Human Rights Center said Thursday ...

The Pennsylvania legislature designated the eastern hemlock the official state tree on June 22, 1931.This tree thrives in cool, moist sites. It occupies steep north- or east-facing slopes in ...

Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the confrontation about 1:50 a.m. while the two men where locked in the cell ... into the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla ...