Prison
It will be several years before the full effects of Prop 47 are seen, but 2015 offers a good glimpse into the ramifications
Move was also made to encourage better inmate behavior
Months after he was released from prison for robbing a bank 5 years earlier, he was arrested for doing it again
The search had been concentrating on a heavily wooded area 20 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility
Items from Adirondack cabin some 20 miles west of the prison were sent to labs for DNA and other testing
Day 12 of search and investigation discovered prison worker discussed a murder-for-hire plot involving her husband
Officers have steadily shifted their focus eastward along Route 374 leading from correctional facility
Prosecutors say a prison tailoring shop instructor agreed to be getaway driver for escaped inmates but got cold feet
Residents in rural New York were on edge as the manhunt for two killers stretched into a ninth day
The gang has been considered the most violent in the city
Search area appeared to be focused about 2 miles east of the prison, where the escape was discovered early Saturday
State and federal law officers poured into a small town Tuesday after getting a report of a possible sighting
The override vote — passed by the narrowest possible margin — drew a burst of applause from death penalty opponents
Two staff members were assaulted and one inmate was shot as officers tried to break up gathering
An inmate at a California state prison was shot and killed to stop an attack on another who had fallen to the ground unconscious
An aunt of a convicted murderer was charged Saturday with giving her nephew information that helped him escape
President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentences of nearly two dozen drug convicts, including eight serving life
If the governor signs the measure, Utah would become the only state to allow executions by firing squad if there is a drug shortage
Oklahoma would become the first state to allow the execution of inmates using nitrogen gas under bill
Lengthy questionnaire is the latest tool among the nation’s court systems to try to predict the likelihood that an offender will commit a crime again
Inmates had set fires and caused significant damage after taking over part of the facility
Postcards were laced with a hallucinogenic drug that has similar effects as LSD
Rep. Paul Ray argues a team of trained marksmen is faster and more humane than the drawn-out deaths that have occurred in botched lethal injections
A three-time convicted robber who helped engineer the biggest prison break in Texas history was executed Wednesday evening
Prison bus skidded off an icy Texas highway, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing freight train
State prisons agency also said it will again allow the use of an anesthetic that it used from 1999 through 2011
Four year sentence has essentially turned into a life sentence after a series of elaborate escapes that earned inmate the nickname “prison Houdini”
Less than an hour after she was released on Thanksgiving, Shaday Gamble was back behind bars
A man who stabbed his co-worker dozens of times then cut out his heart and put it in his jacket pocket has been released from prison
A man who spent nearly four decades in prison after being convicted of murder is expected to be freed Friday after a witness confessed he lied
Ashford Thompson shot Officer Joshua Miktarian 4 times in the head, at close range, after Thompson had been stopped for playing loud music in his car