Sens. James Lankford (R-OK) and Gary Peters (D-MI) demanded information from the Bureau of Prisons about its efforts to improve recidivism rates.

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents is expected to ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal judge recently sentenced a Mobile man to nearly six-and-a-half years in prison for fentanyl trafficking and assault on a federal law enforcement officer ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Nigerian national was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a massive cyber fraud conspiracy that victimized over 400 people across the United States ...

A former Oregon Department of Corrections prison guard is being held in the Polk County Jail Sunday in connection with a fatal shooting over the weekend, authorities said. Alonzo Rowell ...

Homeless prison leavers are twice as likely to reoffend than those with a permanent place to live, official figures released for the first time show. Statistics published by the Ministry of ...

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...

This June, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to reject the consent decree, ruling that the states cannot reach a settlement without the federal government. “That Texas’ litigation strategy has since ...

Like many of today's prison inmates, Capone did not complete high school; he stopped attending school at age 14. Many inmates in one study reported dropping out of school for various reasons ...

The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced its second interest rate cut of 2024, trimming its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points amid cooling inflation. The expected move by the U.S. central ...

Much of the federal workforce is on edge and bracing itself for the likelihood its ranks will be purged when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump, who has derided civil servants as ...

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