San Quentin Prison is taking a different approach to rehabilitation by converting some of the prison space into pickleball ...

In jail and prison systems across the country, the population of people with mental health needs has surged in recent decades ...

A newly uncovered audio recording of Charles Manson sheds light on previously unknown aspects of the notorious cult leader’s past, including his involvement in murders that had never before been ...

So-called "swatter-for-hire" Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to calling in bomb and shooting threats, including two in ...

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

The Chicago drill rapper (real name Durk Banks) was arrested last month for his alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire plot ...

In 2017, Manson died of natural causes while serving a lifetime sentence at California State Prison-Corcoran, where he had ...

A man accused of helping kill the parents of a teenager with whom “he became obsessed with” after meeting her through the ...

Mexican national Simon Velazquez Hernandez was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking after ...

Los Angeles County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145 ...

Swatting is the practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large ...

Lawyer Mark Geragos, representing the Menendez brothers, is set to call six key witnesses to the stand at their re-sentencing ...