Emotional statements from their children, some recalling years of abuse and imprisonment, were read in court Friday before a Riverside County couple was sentenced to life in prison for child-torture ...

A shackled inmate attacked a deputy inside a courthouse in Lisbon, Ohio, on Monday, just after his sentence was handed down, freeing himself from his handcuffs in the process. His escape from the ...

The Fourth Circuit ruled that a jury could find prison officials violated Tracey Edwards’ rights by shackling her during childbirth and abruptly stopping her addiction medication without assessing her ...