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

Hijackings weren’t uncommon in the late 20th century, as proven by EgyptAir Flight 648. But while many hijackers demanded money, a terrorist organization known as Abu Nidal demanded a free flight to ...

A bird sits on a security fence at the Chase County Detention Facility in 2021. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector) Jails are hard ...

Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ debt on Friday, stripping the country of its last perfect credit rating. The move could rattle financial markets and push up interest rates ...

The tornado hit an area south of Marion but north of Lake of Egypt. The United States Penitentiary south of Marion was also damaged from the storm. County officials said there has not been anyone ...

Because identifying the bodies that had been returned to the United States proved difficult ... taking part in a riot at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He was one of three inmates killed ...

It’s about to get much more humid across the central and eastern United States, with many areas getting a taste of summer-like mugginess this week. A total of 37 contiguous states, as far north ...

But Jolene Babyak, who lived on the island as a teenager when her father was an associate warden there, says Alcatraz was never a very practical penitentiary. It was expensive to operate — and ...

But Jolene Babyak, who lived on the island as a teenager when her father was an associate warden there, says Alcatraz was never a very practical penitentiary ... as far west as you could go within the ...

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...

The Alien Enemies Act was conceived as a wartime authority that allows the president of the United States to order the government apprehend, restrain, secure, and remove “natives, citizens ...