A mom accused of killing her two elementary school-aged children with a meat cleaver is heading to prison for life, ...

With accounts of overcrowded cells, filth-choked showers, and a kitchen sink that drained directly onto the floor, a new ...

Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

Trump announces plans to revive Alcatraz as a federal prison. Explore the infamous facility's history of escape attempts and ...

The penitentiary closed in the 1960s and has become one of San Francisco’s top tourist destinations.

A correctional officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating ...

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

Trump says Alcatraz, now part of the National Park Service, suddenly is needed to house America’s “most ruthless and violent” ...

President Donald Trump on Monday called for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to be released from prison, where she is ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (WBKO) - A Hopkinsville man was sentenced to over two decades in federal prison for his role in a ...

Calvin Crew was sentenced to life in prison without parole at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh on Monday, May 5, ...

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...