Instead the 14-year-old sat handcuffed, wearing an orange jumpsuit in a magisterial district courtroom facing murder charges.

A decades-long theft of a man’s identity raised questions about who gets believed in the justice system, and what happens ...

Timothy and Quanzell Scholtz spoke about their family member Edward Sholtz, who died Jan. 5 at Wynn Hospital in Utica. The 22 ...

Last year, the corrections department held 13 people for ICE. So far this year, state jails have held six — the four ...

Australia has introduced strict laws to combat hate crimes, introducing mandatory minimum sentences for a range of terrorism ...

Stephen Havrilka, 34, was sentenced to life in prison in connection to the death of a Rodeway Inn employee who was found ...

Sheriff renovates and opens jail beds as the city's jail population grows by double digits over the past two years.

Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it ...

The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that correctional officers found Nixon attempting to hang himself while alone in a first-floor cell during a “routine walk-through” at about ...

A man accused of killing five people in Texas in 2023 after a neighbor complained that he was keeping a baby awake by firing ...

A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...

Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...