A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former Korean Air executive to a year in prison for aviation law violations that stemmed from her inflight tantrum over how she was…
Six inmates led by a mob boss committed suicide at a prison in Taiwan early Thursday after a failed breakout attempt in which they seized weapons and held a warden…
Six inmates at a prison in southern Taiwan killed themselves Thursday morning, ending an overnight hostage situation, a Justice Ministry official said. Two prison staff members were released unharmed after…
Costa Concordia captain sentenced to just over 16 years in prison.
A prison program is providing inmates with a business education that will help them get a fresh start. Some inmates at the Cleveland Correctional Facility in Texas participate in MBA-level…
Six inmates took prison staff including the warden hostage, seized guns and ammunition, and demanded safe exit from a prison in southern Taiwan on Wednesday, authorities said. Taiwan’s Ministry of…
ANTWERP, Belgium — A Belgian court sentenced the head of Islamist group Sharia4Belgium to 12 years in prison on Wednesday, ruling that his group was a terrorist organization that convinced…
Malaysia’s top court on Tuesday upheld opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction and sentenced him to five years in prison, a verdict he slammed — while standing in the dock…
A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in the sledgehammer slayings of an Ohio couple and could face life in prison without parole. – Attorneys and prosecutors are…
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Friday granted a leave for appeal in the case of Adnan Syed, the inmate at the center of the case in the popular…
The mother and grandparents of a 7-year-old boy who was so malnourished that one doctor said he looked like a Holocaust survivor pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault for failing…
The state of Texas holds more than 6,000 people in solitary confinement and they stay in isolation for an average of four years, according to a new report. The American…
His looks couldn’t get him out of prison. – “I want them to know that this is really not me,” he told News10. “I’m not some kingpin.”
A former barber shop employee who murdered his boss after being fired from his job was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. – Hooks will be eligible for parole in…
Fewer prisoners in cells means more room for resources that benefit communities, and groups around the country are taking advantage of the space. Although the overall state prison population in…
“The AG’s reasoning is essentially this: The woman knew she was in a prison, so what did she expect?” wrote Laurie Roberts in the Arizona Republic. “No, seriously. That’s the…
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced 230 people, including one of the leading activists behind the country’s 2011 uprising, to life in prison after finding them guilty on Wednesday of…
The U.S. government has quietly created a second-class federal prison system specifically for immigrants. For years the Department of Homeland Security has been known as the agency that houses immigrant…
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate is scheduled to be executed for killing a suburban Dallas police officer after he and six others broke out of prison. – The…
WASHINGTON — In highly unusual testimony inside the federal supermax prison, a former operative for Al Qaeda has described prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family as major donors to…
Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges in a fatal hit-and-run incident before complaining of chest pains in court and being taken to the…
After years of legal troubles, California’s prison system is finally on the right track. Read the whole story at The San Francisco Chronicle
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It started like any other of Peter Greste’s 400 days in captivity. The Australian journalist, held in an Egyptian prison since December 2013, was exercising when the prison warden beckoned…
His nickname: Prime Evil. After apartheid fell, he was put on trial and sentenced in 1996 to two life sentences plus 212 years in prison. – Masutha granted de Kock’s…
Originally published on Kirkus The story of the Nazis’ international bank robberies (Chasing Gold by George M. Taber), a New York safecracker forcibly turned secret agent (King of the Cracksmen…
The case of Badawi, who was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes after a Jeddah court convicted him of insulting Islam, has garnered international headlines…
Kristi Strack and Dan Lafferty struck up an unusual relationship behind prison walls a decade ago. She dreamed about the prisoner who murdered a family member and an infant in…
Eugene de Kock, a death squad leader for the apartheid state, has been granted parole after two decades in jail, the South African government announced Friday. – De Kock was…
By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A Louisiana inmate whose case for leniency is before the U.S. Supreme Court was freed from prison on Thursday after 30…