Two Romanian men were sentenced Friday to eight and 12 years in prison over the stabbing of a journalist from a Persian-language television station, an attack the judge said was carried out on behalf ...

Louisiana’s Republican attorney general was indicted Thursday on criminal charges by a grand jury in New Orleans, accused of trying to intimidate local officials who fought a law enacted by GOP ...

When inmates at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center overpowered correctional officers early Monday morning — taking three guards and a number of other inmates hostage t ...

The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than ...

Following his release from jail on Tuesday, Rashee Rice had zero interest in telling the public how his time behind bars went. The Kansas City Chiefs star sprinted away from a group of reporters who ...

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The Nueces County Jail has won an international award for a financial literacy program it offers to female inmates. The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards gave the jail's "Second Chance Money Skills ...

A civil rights class action lawsuit was filed this week seeking to remedy unhealthy and unequal conditions for women at a San Francisco jail. Berkeley civil rights attorney Yolanda Huang, the lead ...

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A Catholic priest from Nigeria has been sentenced in a Texas court to life in prison, as well as to two 20-year prison terms plus $30,000 in fines, for sexually abusing several women under his ...

President Donald Trump used sexist tropes while sharply criticizing CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday, the latest in a long string of incidents in which the president has crudely attacked ...