Avery Bivins’ criminal past boosted his punishment for his role in the plot to kill a Miami-Dade developer’s wife.

Most people have a strong sense of justice from a young age. When Little Timmy got in time out after hitting you, a small smile probably crossed your lips. Your first sense of vindication had hit you, ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs was convicted in July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution following a more than ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has pressed for quickly deporting hundreds of Venezuelan and Salvadoran men who are said to belong to a foreign crime gang. Those deportations have been challenged ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with ...

Starting Oct. 1, Florida will become the only state to allow the death penalty for child sex traffickers under a new law ...

Correctional officers have started writing Attorney General Rob Bonta to to keep the prison open, presenting it as an option ...

A Slaton man received a prison sentence after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $100K from a non-profit organization ...

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.

LONDON - Faced with a prison overcrowding issue, the U.K. government plans to allow judges to hand down alternative punishments for some convicted criminals: bans from going to the pub and attending ...

Around the world, prisons have taken bizarre forms, from eco-islands to fortress restaurants. This documentary explores the strangest places where people serve time.