Businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind behind the “pork barrel” scam, has been found guilty in 12 separate ...

The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West African ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI announced on Monday.

Harold Wayne Nichols suffered an abusive childhood before he grew up to be known as the "red-headed stranger," a serial ...

Janet Lim-Napoles will spend the rest of her life in prison after the Sandiganbayan sentenced her to over 100 years in cumulative jail terms for multiple counts of malversation and graft over the ...

The living family members of Pfc. Lawrence R. Beard still have the original Western Union telegrams from 1942 informing them ...

Human rights groups today urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end immigration detention at Camp East Montana, a ...

TACLOBAN CITY – Nine former rebels in Northern Samar and six others in Leyte have been issued safe conduct passes (SCPs), ...

Some California policymakers and prison officials contend that offering more single-occupancy cells might serve the best ...

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) confirmed that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo was transferred ...

Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to three months in prison Friday following the rapper’s latest probation violation.

Philippine officials say Chinese forces have fired three flares from an artificial island toward a Philippine plane undertaking a routine patrol in the disputed South China Sea. The incident did ...