“Most states, including Pennsylvania, have seen the footprint of their state prison population shrink,” Shubik-Richards said. “So this is really, I would say, belatedly keeping with a ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers hope a new commission created to encourage people to live in rural areas can stem the population decline happening in those parts of the state, which federal data show is ...

including a maximum-security prison in Florence, Colorado. The former and perhaps future penitentiary is now a popular tourist attraction and a national historic landmark. It's controlled by the ...

PHOENIX — Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and fined ... case in Arizona and to state money laundering ...

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, there were 22,777 women in prison in 1986. In 1991, there were 39,917. That's an increase of 75 percent. The male population also rose, but by 53 percent.