The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in ...

A former U.S. Army soldier who posted a video to YouTube threatening to commit a mass shooting at Fort Irwin will spend 24 ...

Under federal law, there are no do-overs once a guilty plea has been entered and accepted. But do our politicians care?

A former Oneida County pastor will spend three years behind bars in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

Genaro Garcia Luna, who for several years led Mexico's fight against the country's violent drug trade, should spend the rest ...

A North Carolina woman was sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States. According to a ...

Bringing visibility, security, and respect to prison writings is a primary goal of both Weaver and Larson. For Larson, the ...

A Watertown man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges. The United State Attorney’s ...

Higher incarceration rates are associated with increased county- and state-level cancer mortality rates, according to a study ...

David Lin had tried to open a Christian training center in Beijing. The United States considered him one of three Americans ...

A Marion man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges in Franklin County.

A Quincy man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to helping prepare false tax returns. He was sentenced to a term of 24 ...