At first glance, the small colored drawing by Kushawn Miles El reads like a comic strip. But it is actually a record of ...

Last year, lawmakers coalesced around the need to improve rehabilitation programming and reduce recidivism rates as part of a ...

A Flushing man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for stabbing a stranger to death during a drunken unprovoked ...

What would your daily life look like if you suddenly ended up behind bars?

A 31-year-old man who shot another man in the head five times in 2024 while the two smoked methamphetamine together on Pullman’s College Hill was sentenced to 16½ years in prison. Jorge Rigo Amezcua, ...

WILLIAMSPORT — Claims in the federal lawsuit arising from the 2019 death of a Dauphin County Prison inmate will be tried together. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann Friday denied motions to ...

Christopher Nolan might be giving the age-old tale of "The Odyssey" a go next, but it turns out we already had a modernized version of Homer's epic story by way of a fully body tattoo and a wild ...

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended closing the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad to help California reduce its corrections spending. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com ...

People sentenced for similar offences are more likely to offend after a short prison sentence than if they had been given a community sanction.