A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending hundreds of ...

John Forté, a Grammy-nominated musician who saw a 14-year federal prison sentence commuted halfway through by President ...

The agency this month altered more contracts with private prison companies to remove care and protection measures it took advocates years to win.

For the first time, a Georgia prisoner has been resentenced and released from custody under a new state law that considers ...

Former South Carolina state lawmaker RJ May will be sentenced Wednesday on federal charges linked to child sexual abuse ...

Former election clerk Tina Peters’ prison sentence has long been a rallying cry for President Donald Trump and other 2020 ...

A federal judge ordered the founder of Casa Ruby to serve 33 months in prison, pay more than $900,000 in restitution and ...

The U.S. Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Tuesday on laws in two states banning transgender athletes from ...

Two women made allegations of sexual abuse, including being forced to engage in oral sex, groping and offers of clean water ...

As more women enter state prisons while pregnant, lawmakers and corrections officials are expanding prison nursery programs, ...

Kokomo couple sentenced to federal prison for fentanyl dealing operation resulting in a woman's death. Fentanyl overdose ...

Tom Goldstein was a prominent lawyer in Washington who argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court until a double ...