Reports: Russian prison official admits partial blame for lawyer's jail death A Russian prison official reportedly admitted Thursday that harsh prison conditions are ...
Federal court says execution can proceed under new Ohio lethal injection method An inmate whose execution was put on hold as he argued ...
Pennsylvania woman allegedly passes drug-filled balloon to prison inmate while kissing him A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at ...
Prison official: Man released after 17 years in prison on now-overturned NYC murder conviction A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. Fernando ...
In a landmark decision, Israel's supreme court has thrown out a law allowing privately-run prisons, arguing that running jails for profit would be a "grave" violation of inmates' human rights. "We have reached the conclusion that the very transfer of the powers ...
Gov. Perry may decide fate of inmate set to die Thurs.; parole board says he deserves clemency Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have to decide whether a death row inmate lives or dies. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a ...
Controversy over secret CIA prisons in Europe came to light again with the allegations that an upscale Lithuanian horseback riding school was secretly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects. ABC news, citing unnamed Lithuanian government officials and a former US intelligence official, claimed ...
This photo made Nov. 4, 2009, shows death row inmate Danielle Simpson. Simpson volunteered for execution and in recent weeks changed his mind and hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would spare him from a trip to the Texas death chamber Wednesday, Nov. ...
Former Army counterintelligence worker executed by electric chair for killing Virginia couple A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a year. Larry ...
FACT CHECK: A look at moving Guantanamo detainees to US prisons, possibly in Ill., Mich. As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan, proponents and critics ...
Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff's former right-hand man has been released from federal prison but remains in custody, officials said Tuesday, after confusion over his whereabouts. He had been held in New York City but is now held in nearby Westchester County ...
THOMSON, Illinois (Reuters) - Moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a largely unused prison in this hamlet would create much-needed jobs, said officials who toured the rural prison on Monday, dismissing widespread concern about risks to security from America's sworn enemies and ...
