From Scrooge to Oliver Twist, these 15 best adaptations based on Charles Dickens' books are movies Victorian era fans need to ...

The Trump administration insists that the Venezuelan men it sent to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador were all "illegal aliens" connected to a violent gang, but at least 50 of them ...

In December 2000, seven prisoners serving time for violent crimes ranging from murder to child abuse escaped from a maximum-security prison unit near Kenedy, Texas, resulting in the state’s most ...

The Minnesota Senate on Sunday night, in a 34-33 vote, passed a public safety bill that includes the closure of the 111-year-old state prison in Stillwater. It’s a key part of the budget deal ...

Chicago Sun-Times Share Taking a giant step toward achieving a more equitable government, Illinois’ ban on prison gerrymandering law, The No Representation Without Population Act, took effect at ...

House Bill 3006 would require the installation of climate control in state prison facilities by 2032. About two-thirds of Texas’ prison inmates reside in facilities ...

Ten inmates escaped a prison in New Orleans early Friday, with authorities warning they should be considered “armed and dangerous.” The group of men are believed to have escaped the Orleans ...

Hadi Matar, the man who severely injured novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 stabbing attack, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison — the maximum for attempted murder. Matar, 27, was found ...

(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for closing another prison as part of his newly revised budget proposal. If that happened, it would be the fifth state prison that ...

The decision to close Stillwater prison seemed to catch just about everyone by surprise, including union officials who represent corrections workers and many state lawmakers who oversee public ...