A Houston woman who was caught smuggling fentanyl into the United States last year has learned her punishment. Alyssa Marie ...

The two-year consent decree forces the Federal Bureau of Prisons to institute widespread reforms for nearly 500 inmates ...

For decades, what went on behind the walls of the Sednaya military prison in Syria was largely hidden from the world. But after Bashar al-Assad lost power in 2024, droves of inmates were released.

After the prosecution and defense rested their cases, the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges after just over an ...

Federal prosecutors in the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas have filed more than 900 immigration and ...

Cynthia Denise Melvin, 59, pled guilty to stealing millions from the Department of Education in federal student loan aid.

A white sheriff's deputy in Georgia who fatally shot a Black man who previously was freed from prison after exoneration will not face criminal charges following a local prosecutor's conclusion that ...

A military judge sentenced a local soldier to 35 years of confinement after finding him guilty of raping a child during his ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his ...

Eric Jackson, 23, was awaiting acceptance to a state drug treatment facility at the time of his death.

Persistent understaffing and other issues have led to a string of failed state safety inspections at the Harris County Jail. Last month, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards requested the Attorney ...