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A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn’t commit the crime. “It cost me 20 years, but ...

Just two weeks after he was sentenced to decades in prison, a man convicted of killing a 13-year-old Detroit girl was found dead on March 26, the Michigan Department of Corrections confirmed. Jarvis ...

John Alford, a British actor who was convicted of sexually abusing teen girls, was found dead in a prison cell. He was 54. “John Shannon died in prison on 13 March 2026. As with all deaths in custody, ...

A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained in the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador last year has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages, filing a lawsuit ...

“He’s ready to become a productive member of society again," said Brendan White, the former basketball star’s attorney AP Photo/David Zalubowsk Glen Davis was released from prison on March 12 after ...

In the years since disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead from what was ruled a suicide in his prison cell on August 10, 2019, conspiracy theories have abounded about whether the convicted ...

A York City man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a 2021 murder. Kiamboo Dearing was found guilty of first-degree murder in the beating death of 44-year-old Melissa Duffy. Dearing was ...

New Orleans rapper Mystikal pleaded guilty to third-degree rape charges on Tuesday in a Louisiana state courthouse, facing up to 20 years in prison as part of a plea deal. Mystikal, whose real name is ...

Disgraced former British television star John Alford was found dead in a prison on Friday — just two months after he was locked up for sex crimes involving two teenage girls. Alford, the one-time ...

Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus members confronted Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain about poor prison conditions. Lawmakers cited mold, roof leaks, and a 14-hour power outage at the Mississippi ...