A judge at the US District Court in Rhode Island issued a preliminary injunction, putting a temporary hold on cuts to the agencies.

The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole denied clemency in the case of John Hanson May 7, leaving him to face execution in ...

A Muscatine woman will spend decades in prison for producing and possessing child pornography. Jessica Rochelle Peters, 37, ...

Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for an inmate accused of strangling his cellmate at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City.

The U.S. is increasing its espionage in Greenland as part of Donald Trump’s campaign to take control of the island.

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal government reopen it?

An Oklahoma board has denied clemency for a man convicted of killing a Tulsa woman in 1999. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole ...

Representative Laurel Lee emphasized bipartisan support for criminal justice reform through her Fresh Start Act and advocated for better oversight of federal prisons. In a Judiciary Subcommittee ...

The duties, Powell acknowledged, could both slow growth and lift prices, which puts the Fed in a tough spot. It would usually cut rates to boost growth and hiring, while it would raise them to cool ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Alcatraz is in San Francisco Bay off the coast of San Francisco and visible from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is best known for ...