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UTICA, N.Y. -- A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to ...

A 23-year-old inmate at Jessup Correctional Institution died Saturday under suspicious circumstances, officials said. Deon Sheridan Smith Jr., who faced life in prison for felony murder, had been at ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Broward jury decided to give a convicted police killer life in prison without parole after deliberating for just a few hours on Monday. Twenty-two-year-old Jason ...

Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and state hospitals, California has little to show for it, according to a new report from ...

A recent National Academy of Sciences report criticized traditional ways of measuring success after individuals are released from prison that are entrenched in identifying failure by relying solely on ...

Both supporters and opponents of releasing elderly inmates from custody before their sentences have been completed typically agree that the costs of incarceration are a relevant consideration. John ...

These prison movies are captivating. Get it? Some of the best movies are actually movies about life on the outside, where the prison represents the mental traps imposed on us by society, or our own ...

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Texas man gets life in prison for sexually, physically abusing child for years He was convicted of 7 felonies, and was originally charged with 21 Court called him a "soul murderer" during the ...

ROME — Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country's criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the ...