A 39-year-old man who supplied a deadly dose of fentanyl to a Palm Desert resident was bound for state prison Friday after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Gregory Michael Gauto of Palm ...

A 63-year-old man at the centre of a high-profile animal abuse case has been sentenced to prison after authorities discovered ...

A man accused of trying to kill his wife has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Billy Bland, 46, pleaded guilty in Madison ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges appalling conditions at California's largest immigration detention ...

At California City Detention Facility, immigrants file lawsuit over alleged 'shockingly deficient' medical care, frigid ...

That morning the prisoners heard that Francisco Franco, Spain’s dictator since his victory in the 1936-39 civil war against ...

Western State Penitentiary’s 1827 opening was essentially an immediate failure. Then it became a global role model. Will it ...

The family of a High Desert State Prison inmate that died in custody has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Department of ...

As you might expect, we received several responses to our publishing of two letters to the editor regarding the alleged mistreatment of inmates at High Desert State Prison. Most took the side of ...

A marshal at a course in Colorado was told by a doctor he might have died, if not for the work of Tommy, his Labrador retriever service dog.

A Las Vegas man serving a 12 to 36 month sentence for larceny was stabbed and strangled to death by his cellmate, who ...

They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.