Cosmetology students at Nevada’s Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center turned the tassels on their graduation caps after walking the stage Monday.

Two Rock Hill sisters have been sentenced to probation without any time in prison after their mother died from sever neglect. The woman was 99 years old and pas ...

When I entered the adult prison system in the early 2000s, there were a little more than 163,000 people incarcerated in ...

At age 15, Shelton Crockett was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in connection with the kidnapping, rape and death of Tracy Lynne Brockway.

In the wake of the Pope’s prison visit Dec. 26, the Register spoke with Catholic prison-ministry workers around the United ...

In 1996, Aquilia Barnette randomly selected a lone motorist in Charlotte, North Carolina, by waiting at ... death sentence under the Violence Against Women Act. Another of Monday’s commutations ...

We have pieced together accounts from multiple reliable sources to build a picture of everyday life for Nasim and other women, who are currently being held in Evin prison. Many were among the tens ...

Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would change the death sentences of 15 people to life in prison without parole as one of his ...

Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), have expanded criminal operations to the Gulf states of ...

As Gov. Roy Cooper prepares to leave office, advocates are anxiously waiting to see if he grants more clemency in the final ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons to nine others Monday. Two of those individuals are from Eastern Carolina.

Maryland woman funneled the money through various means to fund extravagant purchases and concerts, now facing a possible 20-year prison sentence. A Maryland woman from Ellicott City has pleaded ...