Steven Williams committed killings for cash while working alongside associates of an infamous drug kingpin, officials said.

A Jefferson County jury unanimously convicted Chandler, 27, of capital murder in the shooting death of 24-year-old Raven ...

Messiah Nantwi was killed in March following "depraved indifference" from jail personnel, New York authorities allege ...

Certain tattoos associated with street gangs can get you stopped by police in El Salvador. But artists there say now more ...

Trump hopes to deport and imprison U.S. citizens abroad. Critics say the concept is unconstitutional and dangerous.

Abedi has been moved to the only available highly-controlled 'suite' cell in the country - a standalone self-contained unit monitored by a minimum of five people at any one time, and a prison dog.

Men deported by the United States to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison are living in “the same” conditions as convicted ...

The Trump administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El ...

Cell phone signal jammers could help reduce crime coordinated from behind bars. But prisoner advocates say other solutions would be better.

El Salvador's notorious maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center is harsh, dangerous and cruel. And that's just what its ...

Taxes aren't exactly anyone's favorite topic, but ignoring taxes can land you in some serious trouble. While most people who miss a payment or two won't see the inside of a jail cell, there ...

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