When journalist Peter Greste was languishing in a Cairo prison cell, he could little imagine that one day, Richard Roxburgh ...

Successful petitions to receive compassionate early release from federal prisons due to health issues are rare. They are even ...

Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, has shared details of “the torture and abuse” endured in Israeli ...

John Sullivan, a 79-year-old man from Quincy, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for a hate crime against a Vietnamese family. Sullivan's lawyer has requested compassionate release due to ...

Israel is releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire ...

Last month, Enoch Burke returned to protest at Wilson's Hospital School following his release from prison and claimed he ... s] next protest might and the form it would take' in the new school ...

Eric Smith, 54 of Tacoma, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Sara Thompson, 39 of Bonney Lake, was sentenced to seven years, according to a Department of Justice news release. Smith and Thompson ...

A bill aimed at tightening sentencing rules for violent offenders in North Dakota is advancing after a narrow committee vote ...

Ricks is channeling his grief into activism, working to form a coalition for change. "If we come together, that we can change some things," he said. "And that's my goal. My goal is to create a ...

Correctional officer unions are backing a bill introduced earlier this month that would change how mail is processed in federal prisons.

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...