Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways ...

CoreCivic, through its Leavenworth prison, wants to hold up to 1,000 detained immigrants. The United States does not have ...

Rosalinda Gonzalez is married to Nemesio Oseguera, better known as "El Mencho," leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

A contract to reopen a privately owned Newark detention center may be the first in a wave of reopenings of shuttered ...

The move by Mexico to allow the transfer of Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States signaled a potentially new era of ...

Immigrants in the U.S. illegally who fail to register with the federal government could face significant fines, potential ...

Depriving imprisoned veterans of mental health care is not only unwise, it also fails to recognize the sacrifices they made ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A 39-year-old Kalamazoo man will spend 27 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl causing death ...

According to multiple media reports Friday, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order declaring English ...

Alleged drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero, who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a U.S. drug ...

Under heavy security, this is how the United States has welcomed Rafael Caro Quintero, following his extradition from Mexico. This has become known after the so-called 'Narco de Na ...

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday afternoon, protesting near the now-closed federal women's prison in Dublin where some ...