The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million ...

A former officer with Avon and Somerset Police has been sentenced after admitting a charge of stalking without fear of violence. PC Philip Paul Nicholls, 52, who was based in South ...

The Oneida County Executive has announced a successful temporary restraining order obtained from the State Supreme Court ...

An Evansville man was sentenced to two years in federal prison on weapon and drug charges, according to a press release from ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Indiana says an Evansville man has been ...

With New York facing a staffing shortage crisis in its prisons, the state’s solution to help ensure an “appropriate balance” ...

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks ...

Bismarck, leads a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee on March 24, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota ...

Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect near Beresford after he shot a police officer in western Sioux Falls Tuesday ...

A former Jefferson Parish corrections officer has been formally charged with stealing about $80,000 by falsifying his time ...

Within the past few months, several Utah immigration and criminal defense attorneys said they’ve had clients arrive to meet ...

State Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) criticized a state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision decision to release certain inmates early to alleviate staffing shortages after the recent ...