The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole denied clemency in the case of John Hanson May 7, leaving him to face execution in ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

John Hanson, convicted of a 1999 Tulsa murder, faces execution following the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's clemency ...

A judge at the US District Court in Rhode Island issued a preliminary injunction, putting a temporary hold on cuts to the agencies.

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

The Trump administration has found another country to send people to, even as the courts insist he has to return hundreds of ...

The duties, Powell acknowledged, could both slow growth and lift prices, which puts the Fed in a tough spot. It would usually cut rates to boost growth and hiring, while it would raise them to cool ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a message for a hypothetical little girl worried that she won’t have more than two dolls ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests inspired by projects in the magazine.

Representative Laurel Lee emphasized bipartisan support for criminal justice reform through her Fresh Start Act and advocated for better oversight of federal prisons. In a Judiciary Subcommittee ...

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal government reopen it?