Michael Madigan, a former Illinois House speaker and the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was sentenced to ...

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, ...

Frequent prison transfers in New York disrupt the lives of incarcerated individuals, causing stress, anxiety, and separation ...

Rapper Silentó (born Ricky Lamar Hawk) has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2021 killing of his cousin, ...

Former Illinois Democratic lawmaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following a federal corruption trial in Chicago.  Madigan, the longest serving legislative ...

NC prisons, trained peer observers — incarcerated people themselves — provide watch and support to those in mental distress on suicide watch.

Michael J. Madigan, who for decades was one of the most influential Democrats in Illinois politics, was convicted of ...

Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly known as R Kelly, sought prison release recently, with his attorney alleging a murder plot ...

R Kelly is seeking clemency from U.S. President Donald Trump as he fears for his life in federal prison. The federal prison ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction will be reducing the number of inmates at privately-run Trousdale Turner in the wake ...

Clean slate laws create stronger, more stable communities. The data is clear: When you give people a fair chance, most take ...

U.S. District Judge James V. Selna resentenced Avenatti to 135 months — a little more than 11 years — but credited him 40 ...