INDIANAPOLIS– The man convicted of killing Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer Breann Leath returned to court on Friday to learn his new prison sentence after the Indiana ...

BERLIN — A man whose gambling addiction landed him in prison has become a social media star in Germany with an unusual campaign against sports betting at soccer stadiums. Thomas Melchior shows up at ...

Wyandotte County, Kansas, deputy Richard Fatherley has been charged second degree murder and involuntarily manslaughter after inmate Charles Adair died in custody on July 5, just a day after jailers ...

The Taliban have freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison ISLAMABAD -- ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an ...

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...

SOUTHFIELD, MI – A Michigan doctor is heading to prison after a federal jury found her guilty of the illegal distribution of prescription opioids. Dr. Charise Valentine, 69, of Southfield, was ...

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A Connecticut prison guard strangled his wife, took their two children from their home and held them hostage for hours, authorities said Monday. John Lacen-Romero, 36, faces numerous charges in ...

Inmates in Ecuador fought each other with guns and explosives in a riot that left 13 prisoners and a guard dead, police said. The mayhem was the latest in a series of bloodbaths to engulf gang-ridden, ...

QUITO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador on Monday left 14 people dead and another 14 wounded, according to a local police chief. Prisoners in port town ...