Explosion outside Ecuador’s most notorious prison kills guard
An explosion outside the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador's most dangerous prison, left one guard dead and two injured on ...
Oregon youth prison doctor who earned disturbing nickname accused of sexually abusing boys for years
Ten men who were in custody at MacLaren Youth Correctional Center between 2000 and 2007 said complaints about the doctor made ...
Men sentenced to prison for large-scale retail theft from Home Depot stores in R.I., Mass., Conn.
Two of the four men charged, all of them Guatemalan immigrants, were sentenced on Thursday and ordered to be removed from the ...
20 people charged in Nevada prison brawl in which three inmates were killed
Nevada prosecutors say 20 people have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in eastern Nevada ...
Par Funding enforcer James LaForte sentenced to more than 11 years prison for fraud, attack on lawyer
Prosecutors said James LaForte was a Par Funding "attack dog" who threatened people on behalf of the company, which was run ...
Roxbury woman sentenced to 8 to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to 2023 quadruple stabbing at hotel
A Roxbury woman was sentenced to 8 to 11 years in state prison Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to stabbing four strangers at a Dorchester hotel in 2023, officials said.
20 people charged in Nevada maximum-security prison brawl that left 3 inmates dead
Nevada prosecutors have filed multiple charges against 20 defendants over the incident, including first-degree murder and ...
Hate-filled threat targeting LGBTQ person could land California man in prison, feds say
George Joseph Wellinger II, 49, pleaded guilty March 11 to interstate threatening communication, with the special finding ...
New York fires more than 2,000 prison guards for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike
New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that ...
63-year-old Texas man gets 25 years in prison for repeatedly victimizing children
Robert Earl Cochran Jr., 63, of Alvin, received a 300-month federal prison sentence for distribution and possession of child ...
A recent Colombian law lets some women walk free from prison – but resuming life is not easy
The law allows female heads of households to serve their sentences outside of prison, in exchange for unpaid community ...
2,000 fired prison guards won't be hired by New York again, Hochul says
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get ...