Prison

Another inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center wrote in a letter submitted to the court that Maxwell also volunteered to teach English and help others get GED certificates.

Corrections officials said Saturday they are investigating the killing of an inmate attacked by four felons at a high-security facility in Folsom, marking the third slaying this week in a California state prison.

A California prison inmate serving a life sentence for stabbing an elderly Monrovia couple to death in 2003 has died, and his cell mate is suspected of homicide.

A Riverside jury in December convicted Bun Thieng Leuk of first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse and violation of a domestic violence restraining order for the deadly 2019 vehicular attack on 35-year-old Linda Holguin. Leuk is sentenced to 29 years to life in prison.

Stewart’s pottery class is just one of the many crafty activities that she did while incarcerated.

In recent years, hundreds of people once destined to spend the rest of their lives in prison after being convicted of crimes as juveniles have gone free

Mack is best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on the series “Smallville.”

The prisoner who walked away from a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles is now back in custody, facing possible escape charges.

Derbert Pineda was discovered missing from the Male Community Reentry Program facility Sunday evening. The program allows eligible offenders committed to state prison to serve the end of their sentence in a reentry center.

Between 1909 and 1979, thousands of women in California lost their right to have children due to their skin color, disabilities, or economic status. This occurred under the laws known as “eugenicism”, a social philosophy that encourages the non-procreation of certain ethnic groups.

Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S., and nearly half still have not been caught

Shortly after the sadistic torture slaying and beheading of a convicted killer in a California prison, apparently at the hands of his cellmate, prison guards making their rounds reported that both men were alive, according to two new reports from the state inspector’s general office.

After Prince Philip’s death last week at age 99, politicians and world leaders rushed to eulogize his lifetime of service to his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, and to the British nation

Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died early Wednesday in a federal prison

Illinois has agreed to the early release of some low- to medium-risk inmates as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit over the coronavirus

Prison guards are refusing coronavirus vaccines at alarming rates

Street artist Banksy has confirmed that he was behind an artwork that appeared on the red brick wall of a former prison in the English town of Reading.

Ex-NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, who committed sexual offenses against five women in Northern San Diego County, is slated to be sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in state prison.

A Long Beach man serving time in state prison for attempted murder was was sentenced Tuesday to seven years and eight months in federal prison for his role in a drug-trafficking scheme that smuggled narcotics to inmates with the help of a prison cook.

An advisory committee recommends California should allow all but death row inmates and those serving life-without-parole to request lighter sentences after serving at least 15 years.