Zachary Harader, who got tangled in the barbed-wire fencing and was easily apprehended, was one year into a 33-month sentence ...

Elizabeth Smart was abducted at 14 from her bedroom and held captive for nine months. A psychologist explains the trauma ...

The United Nations on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the deteriorating security situation in northeast Syria. This follows renewed violent clashes between Syrian government troops and the ...

A judge sentenced a suspect to eight years in prison after prosecutors said he beat and tied up a clerk during a robbery at a ...

Chaos around prisons holding ISIS detainees in Syria is highlighting security risks for U.S. forces in the region.

An internal investigation by the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office has determined that policy violations by a deputy led to ...

A Kurdish news site had initially mentioned the number of 1,500 terrorists on the run, information that was significantly ...

The head of North Carolina’s prison system sounded the alarm at a legislative committee meeting Thursday about dangerous ...

After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, has secured the conviction of three prison wardens who worked at the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades but he and other inmates are still taking regular ...