R. Kelly's attorneys file an emergency motion seeking home detention, alleging that prison officials are scheming with racist inmates to have the singer killed.

SAN FRANCISCO – A former state correctional officer pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of wire fraud in connection with a plot to plant contraband he then pretended to discover, prosecutors said.

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now.

A 39-year-old man was sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison following a shooting in 2022, according to authorities.

A former prison officer at a high-security jail where a member of staff was recently stabbed by an inmate, has said the "floodgates" have been opened on the use of drones to smuggle in weapons and drugs.

Canberra 28-year-old Jett Black, who was among a group of detainees that in late 2020 started a prison riot sparked by a lack of cigarettes, no dessert and COVID restrictions, walks free from court.

A Madison student was attacked in September 2023 in what prosecutors described as one of the most brutal assaults in recent memory.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 1,016 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

A new programme using a form of horse therapy is attempting to tackle the trauma that is thought to lie behind the high rates of arrest and imprisonment among US veterans.