Five inmates at the Central Maryland Correctional Facility in Sykesville have been convicted in two separate stabbings at the ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Shawn Smith-Brearey pleaded guilty to murder on Nov. 19 and was sentenced on Feb. 13 to the maximum punishment of 50 years ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

The condemned had also confessed to the murders of two teenage girls who worked at the club, Tiffany Dotson, 18, and Amanda Benefield, 16. He was indicted for both killings but never tried.

A Houston man was sentenced to more than 60 years in federal prison for a string of armed robberies at several local McDonald's.

A Texas police union jokingly called out a “tattling” driver who captured video of police officers doing donuts in a snow-covered parking lot — but the banter soon went “off the rails.” ...

Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns saw their season come up short once again, falling in the College Football Playoff semifinals for the second straight year. Arch Manning, the nephew of ...

Retention and recruitment issues aren’t unique to Tarrant County Jail, although other Texas facilities appear to be worse off, as the state's prisons operate with an officer vacancy rate of 70%.

A federal judge temporarily halted the transfer of a transgender inmate to a men’s prison under President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting gender-related accommodations in federal ...

Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to handle an influx of new inmates arising from ...

a striking photo of Manning rallying his teammates during drills made its rounds online. The image, shared on Texas Football's official social media account with the caption "Day one," quickly ...